The company’s profitability also improved significantly: Q310 EBIT rose to EUR 6.0 million (Q309: EUR 4.5 million). 9M10 EBIT went up by 54.5% to EUR 22.7 million (9M09: EUR 14.7 million), an EBIT margin of 8.8% (9M09: 7.3%). Consolidated net income was EUR 15.2 million or EUR 1.29 per share (basic). Earnings per share thus increased 51.9% against the 9M09 figure of EUR 0.85.

Rainer Binder, Delticom AG’s CEO: “The first nine months of the year have been very successful for our company. We were able to expand our business once again on the back of steady developments in the European tyre industry and great improvements to the online sales channel.”

Delticom acquired 625 thousand new customers year-to-date and served around 294 thousand recurring tyre buyers. On 30.09.2010 the customer base exceeded 4.0 million customers. 9M10 revenues in the E-Commerce division increased by 29.1% year-on-year, from EUR 189.8 million to EUR 244.9 million. The Wholesale division has stabilized in 2010 after experiencing a decline in the wake of the recession. In the reporting period, divisional revenues grew by 2.2% to EUR 12.1 million (9M09: EUR 11.8 million).

Frank Schuhardt (CFO) is satisfied with the current winter tyre business: “So far, it has scarcely snowed and only in few areas in higher altitudes. Still, the debate on whether to make winter tyres mandatory has bolstered German demand in recent weeks.”

Management confirms the current planning for FY 2010. Delticom should be able to grow its revenues by more than 15% year-on-year at an EBIT margin of 9%, even if demand for winter tyres receives no further tailwind from snowy weather or new statutory regulations.

The full 9-Monthly Report of current fiscal year 2010 can be downloaded from the website www.delti.com within the “Investor Relations” area.

Company profile:

Delticom, Europe’s leading online tyre retailer, was founded in Hanover in 1999. With 112 online shops in 35 countries, the company offers its private and business customers an unequalled assortment of excellently priced car tyres, motorcycle tyres, bicycle tyres, truck tyres, bus tyres, special tyres, rims, complete wheels (pre-mounted tyres on rims), selected replacement car parts and accessories, motor oil and batteries. The independent website reifentest.com contains impartial information about tyre tests and helps the customers choose from more than 100 tyre brands and more than 25,000 tyre models. Delticom delivers either directly to the customer’s home address, or to one of more than 25,000 service partners – affiliated garages which take delivery of tyres and then install these on the customer’s vehicle. Delticom’s Wholesale division also sells tyres to wholesalers domestically and abroad.

On the Internet at: www.delti.com
Selected online shops: www.reifendirekt.de, www.123pneus.fr, www.mytyres.co.uk, www.reifendirekt.ch