Ad Hoc Announcements 2006

27.07.2006

Intershop Communications AG Reports Second Quarter 2006 Financial Results

Jena, Germany – July 27, 2006 - Intershop Communications AG (Prime Standard: ISH2) today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2006, ended June 30, 2006.

Second quarter 2006 revenue totaled Euro 4.3 million, compared with Euro 5.1 million in the first quarter of 2006 and Euro 4.2 million in the second quarter of 2005. License revenue totaled Euro 1.0 million in the second quarter of 2006 as against the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 1.8 million, compared with Euro 0.4 million in the second quarter of 2005. Total operating costs (cost of revenues plus operating expenses) were reduced by EUR 1.0 million from EUR 6.4 million in the first quarter of 2006 to EUR 5.4 million in the second quarter of 2006. Total operating costs in the second quarter of 2005 were EUR 5.2 million.
Intershop reported Euro 1.3 million in net loss in the second quarter of 2006 or Euro 0.07 per share, compared to a net loss of Euro 1.5 million or a net loss of Euro 0.08 per share in the first quarter of 2006. In comparison, Intershop’s net loss in the second quarter of 2005 was Euro 1.2 million or a net loss of Euro 0.07 per share.

Total cash, including cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, and restricted cash climbed from Euro 13.5 million as of December 31, 2005 to Euro 15.4 million as of June 30, 2006. The amount of unrestricted cash included in this total increased to EUR 7.9 million as of June 30, 2006 from EUR 7.3 million as of December 31, 2005.

The full press release relating to this adhoc disclosure is available at www.intershop.com.

Investor Relations:
Annett Körbs
T: +49-3641-50-1370
F: +49-3641-50-1309
ir@intershop.de

Public Relations:
Dr. Ute Danz
T: +49-3641-50-1000
F: +49-3641-50-1002
pr@intershop.de

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