Ad-hoc Announcement of TRIPLAN AG pursuant to §15 Securities Trading Act

Interim 2001 figures

Bad Soden, 18.03.2002
TRIPLAN AG, the industrial services provider listed on the SDAX, has announced interim figures (according to IAS) for 2001: Sales in 2001 rose by 10.0 % to 30.8 m EUR (previous year 28.0 m EUR). During this period, EBITDA registered EUR 0.680 m (previous year: EUR 1,460 m) and EBIT fell from EUR 0.787 m in the previous year to EUR 0.425 m.

This affected TRIPLAN AG’s operating results, particularly because of the faltering economy and one-off costs for valuation adjustments and restructuring. The announced cost-reduction measures and restructuring of the IT division was to a large degree completed. They will take full effect from the second quarter of 2002.

As at 28.02.2002 the volume of orders was 8.5 m EUR and gave the company confidence about the coming year. This mean that current engineering data management (shared services) projects in the automobile industry will be actively used to expand the business.

For further information, please contact:

TRIPLAN AG
Auf der Krautweide 32
65812 Bad Soden

Phone: +49 6196 / 60 92 - 0
Fax: +49 6196 / 60 92 - 203
e-mail: info@triplan.com