WHAT’S UP No. 2 • December 2004 AN INVESTOR AND PRESS SERVICE 0F CTS EVENTIM AG www.eventim.de EIN PRESSE- UND VERANSTALTERSERVICE DER CTS EVENTIM AG, MÜNCHEN www.eventim.de CTS SHARES FORMULA 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Formula 1 fans can already get hold of the best seats Will Michael Schumacher succeed again next year in winning the European Formula 1 Championship? Whatever hap- pens, the tickets for the top event at the Nürburgring on 29 May 20051 will be hotly in demand. The Castrol chicane after the CTS Eventim is actively engaged in Investor Relations work. In the second half of the year, start and finishing line guaran- the Management Board undertook several international roadshows and held presentations for inve- tees plenty of excitement, due to stors in Paris, London, Edinburgh, Milan, Denver and New York. the collisions that often happen When combined with the successful business performance of CTS, these at this bottleneck. At CTS IR activities foster positive assessmentsby banks and investors: Eventim, motorsport fans can ensure a pole position. As early DZ Bank: no change in “Buy” rating as mid-December, they can “In particular, the shift in ticket sales from conventional channels to the Internet has make sure of the best seats at continued. This will also be the driver of profits in the quarters ahead. In view of this trend, the two Internet ticketing portals we expect that CTS will achieve earnings per share equal to or slightly less than our www.eventim.de and EUR 0.68 estimate for the year as a whole. (...) Our DCF (discounted cash flow) assessment www.getgo.de. Tickets are avai- justifies a fair value per share of around 19 euros." lable not only for the Nürburgring (Analyst: Harald Heider, Tel. +49 (069) 7447-6093, [email protected]) event, but also for the races in Bahrain (3 April) and Bayerische Landesbank: „9-Monatszahlen bestätigen unser positives Szenario“ Hockenheim (17 July). By using In its latest update on 15 November, the Bayerische Landesbank kept its “Buy” recommendation the convenient seat selection for CTS shares. In the estimation of its analyst, Thomas Grillenberger, CTS shares continue system, they can pick exactly the to be “significantly undervalued”: “We calculated a fair value for the shares of EUR 21.80 (....). tickets they want. With a safety margin of 34.5% and upside potential to fair value of 52.7%, we consider the share to be a Buy”. 1 Subject to confirmation by the FIA (Analyst: Thomas Grillenberger, Tel. +49 (089) 2171-27448, [email protected]) in Paris on 10.12.2004 2 WHAT’S UP TICKETING – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – More than 600,000 tickets for football fans CTS to handle ticketing for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup CTS Eventim will be handling all another important milestone in Association and its Organising ticketing for the FIFA the expansion of our major pro- Committee will boost the profile Confederations Cup in Germany ject activities, and confirmation of our company and act as testi- next summer. From 15 to 29 of our success in the sports monials for future events of this June 2005, eight national teams market. The awarding of con- kind worldwide”, commented the will play a total of 16 matches at tract and our close cooperation CEO of CTS, Klaus-Peter five venues. “For us, this is with the German Football Schulenberg. Tickets available at www.fifaworldcup.com and from call centers Tickets for the tournament have been on sale on the Internet since early November at www.fifaworldcup.com, under 01805 - 60 66 60, or at 18 FIFA box offices at the various venues. More than 600,000 tickets for the 16 matches in Hanover, Cologne, Leipzig, Frankfurt and Nuremberg are on offer to football fans. The final will take place on 29 June 2005 in Frankfurt. Demand for the tickets is huge. Around 100,000 tickets were sold on the first day alone – a successful rehearsal for the CTS systems in operation. So far, more than 200,000 fans have made sure of a ticket. Complete package for lifestyle travel Concert ticket, hotel room and many benefits – from a one-stop store A romantic weekend in Paris – son. The seat selection booking monitors. There is a perfect mostly with attractive bonuses. and if a visit to the famous system even allows travellers to event package to suit every For example, the package to “Moulin Rouge” is part of the reserve the seats they perso- taste, be it classical music, see the “Giselle” ballet in the package, the result is a very nally prefer, directly on their rock, pop or musical – and Dresden Semperoper includes special Christmas surprise. In not only the performance itself cooperation with TUI Leisure in one of Germany’s most Travel (TLT), CTS Eventim is magnificent opera houses, as offering the chance – through well as two nights in the Hilton its well-established ticketing Hotel, but also a guided tour of portal on the Internet – to com- the “Green Vault” in Dresden bine interesting city tours with Castle. The “We Will Rock You” events and concerts. With a tour to Cologne includes a visit single click, anyone choosing to the Queen musical, one the “Moulin Rouge Paris” trip night in the four-star Best can book two nights in a three- Western Hotel, and the star hotel, along with tickets for “Welcome Card Cologne” for the musical, including half a free travel in the city’s busses, bottle of champagne per per- railways and trams. 3 WHAT’S UP PRESALE TICKET CHARTS – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – VIP Service: securing the best tickets in advance TOP 10 · Week 49 ‘04 First-row tickets for top events: exclusive presale offering at normal prices This week’s event hits The easiest way to a perfect Christmas the seats they want. Quick responders have a present – at CTS Eventim you can pick good chance of getting first-row tickets. the best seats for the season’s concert high- lights before tickets officially go on sale. 1 Peter Maffay Last Week 03 Tickets for top events like Joe Cocker, REM, Elton John or, more recently, Marius Müller-Westernhagen and Peter Maffay 2 Anastacia are on sale three to eight days before Last Week 01 the official date at the www.eventim.de and www.getgo.de Internet portals. CTS is offering this special service until 3 R.E.M. the end of the year for more than half a dozen Last Week 08 top events. As market leader in Internet presale tickets, CTS provides not only the biggest Marius Müller 4 Westernhagen selection of tickets for around 70,000 Last Week 02 concerts, plays and sports events in Europe, but also fair prices and a reliable booking system. The seat selection system 5 Udo Jürgens allows Internet users to choose exactly Last Week New entry The best tips for events WM-Boxen „Event“ shows where the fun is 6 mit D. Michalczewski News, background stories, cinema highlights, and of Last Week 06 course the latest tips for events – with „Event“, CTS Eventim’s monthly entertainment magazine, you recei- 7 Rod Steward ve plenty of ideas for your personal event planning, Last Week 09 delivered straight to your home. Whatever your inte- rests, be it theatre or cabaret, musical show or rock concert, you’ll find a wide range of cultural an musical 8 Musikantenstadl hightlights in „Event“. The latest book recommendati- Last Week New entry ons and fascinating interviews with today’s stars provi- de for a good read as well, while a calendar of events, Herbert sorted alphabetically, lets you know at a glance when 9 Grönemeyer your favourite stars can be seen live. To subscribe, all Last Week 04 you need to do is send a short message to [email protected], and you’ll find „Event“ 10 Rosenstolz every month in your mailbox. It’s free! Last Week New entry 4 WHAT’S UP IN CONCERT – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Cool Christmas and a Rocking New Year! CTS Eventim brings superstars to German concert halls Söhne Mannheims: a Mannheim-based artists’ collective (on tour in Germany: 18.11.2004 – 03.07.2005) Back together again after a long break – Die Söhne Mannheims have reunited after various solo activities and are now back on tour with their familiar sound. The group currently has no less than 14 members. DJ Billy Davis manages the beats, while Tino Oac, Claus Eisenmann, Xavier Naidoo, Marlon B., Metaphysics and Henning Wehland find the words to fit. Beastie Boys: HipHop in place of Silent Night (on tour in Germany: 09. – 16.12.2004) Their song “You've Got To Fight For Your Right To Party!” became a classic and a slogan for a whole generation. The three boys are now back from Brooklyn and touring Germany again at last. Six years after their double-Grammy album “Hello Nasty”, the Beastie Boys seem to have landed another great success with their new album “To The 5 Boroughs”. R.E.M.: melodic guitar pop with deeper meanings (on tour in Germany: 04.02. – 17.02.2005) The perfect mixture of goose pimples, crashing rock riffs and hits - R.E.M. is all of these. The personal style of front-man Michael Stipe and his fellow band members Mike Mills and Peter Buck positions them some- where between pop, rock, folk and Indy. The threesome from Athens, Georgia, is back on tour with “Around The Sun” – also in Germany, of course, where they celebrated their greatest successes. Kylie Minogue: 155 centimetres of Girl Power (on tour in Germany: 31.03. – 05.04.2005) In March 2005, Kylie Minogue will be starting out on her biggest and most elaborate tour to date, called “Showgirl - The Greatest Hits Tour”.