freenet AG [ISIN DE000A0Z2ZZ5] published its interim report as at 30 September 2015 today and confirmed its outlook for the financial years 2015 and 2016.

In the third quarter of 2015 the company generated Group revenue of 790.1 million euros. Group revenue for the first nine months of the financial year amounted to 2.29 billion euros and was up by 3.8 per cent in comparison with the previous year.

The increase in Group revenue in the third quarter of 2015 is attributable to the following components: higher revenues in the Digital Lifestyle segment, the increase in contract customer ARPU by 20 cents compared with the corresponding quarter last year to 21.9 euros and the increase in customer ownership by 3.4 per cent to 9.21 million.

The Group result before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) improved slightly in the third quarter of 2015 to 97.3 million euros (previous year: 96.3 million euros). For the first nine months of 2015 the company reported Group EBITDA of 272.4 million euros, an increase of 1.1 per cent (previous year: 269.3 million euros).

Free cash flow increased in comparison with the third quarter last year to 81.1 million euros (previous year: 79.6 million euros) and amounted to 217.4 million for the first nine months of the financial year (up 3.1 per cent on last year).

'I am pleased that we have succeeded in increasing classic contract customer revenues as well as revenues from other products not recognised in ARPU. It confirms our successful strategy on the one hand but above all it shows that our customers trust us - that is the best foundation for continued positive business development', said Christoph Vilanek, CEO of freenet AG, commenting on the figures presented.

The full interim report as at 30 September 2015 is available for download at www.freenet-group.de/investor.

* Free cash flow is defined as cash flow from current operating activities, less investments in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, plus the cash inflows from disposals of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment.

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