Pressbox: Gameloft GmbH

18% growth in sales over the first nine months of 2009

(PresseBox) Köln, 03.11.2009, Paris, France. Gameloft achieved consolidated sales of €90.2 million for the first nine months of 2009, up by 18% from the previous year. On a constant exchange rate basis, nine month growth reached 16%.

In € millions 2009 2008 Variation
1st quarter 30.8 25.3 +22%
2nd quarter 29.3 25.0 +17%
3rd quarter 30.1 26.2 +15%
9-month total 90.2 76.5 +18%

Third quarter sales reached €30.1 million, up by 15% from the previous year on both a current and constant exchange rate basis. Mobile games account for 95% of the company's third quarter sales. The remaining 5% are related to console games sales.

Europe represents 38% of 2009 third quarter revenues, North America 31% and the rest of the world 31%. The strongest growth took place in the rest of the world, up 29% over the period, notably in Asia and South America. During the first nine months of 2009, Europe, North America and the rest of the world represented 38%, 33% and 29% of total sales respectively.

Mobile game activity continues to grow rapidly. Revenue from this segment increased 17% over the first nine months of the year due to the huge success of Gameloft games on Apple's AppStore and to the strong performance of the company’s Java and Brew games. Therefore, the company expects solid sales and profitability growth in 2009.

In the long term, Gameloft is in an ideal position to benefit from the rapid development of digitally distributed video games on mobile phones and consoles, as well as from the major innovations introduced by companies such as Apple, Nokia and Google.

The group's consolidated full year sales will be published on February 2, 2010 after the market closes.

About Gameloft GmbH

Gameloft, 1999 gegründet, ist heute der führende internationale Entwickler und Publisher von Videospielen für Mobiltelefone. Gameloft-Spiele eignen sich für alle mobilen Endgeräte, die Java, Brew oder Symbian unterstützen. Deren Zahl wird 2008 voraussichtlich zwei Milliarden übersteigen (Quelle: Arc Group). Zu den Lizenzgebern von Gameloft gehören Spitzensportler wie Kobe Bryant ebenso wie führende Unternehmen der Entertainment-Branche, darunter Ubisoft Entertainment, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animations, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures und Warner Bros. Darüber hinaus besitzt Gameloft eigene, starke Marken wie Block Breaker Deluxe, Asphalt: Urban GT und New York Nights. Gameloft unterhält 19 Niederlassungen in 16 Staaten, sowie ein Vertriebsnetz in mehr als 80 Ländern. Das Unternehmen ist an der Pariser Euronext-Börse (ISIN: FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters: GLFT.PA) gelistet.

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