Dice Reports Softening Recruiting Business in Europe

October 25, 2012 – Dice Holdings, Inc./(NYSE:DHX), a career website for technology and engineering professionals, recorded revenues of $48 million, an increase of three percent from $46.8 million in the comparable quarter of 2011. The company earned $11 million, or 17 cents per share, up from $9.3 million, or 13 cents per share, for the same quarter last year. During the quarter, Dice acquired Slashdot, SourceForge and Freecode from Geeknet, Inc. Scot Melland, chairman, president and CEO, said: “Since our last quarterly report, recruitment activity has been generally stable with the exception of Europe which has continued to soften. During the quarter, we added customers and our renewal rates improved a bit at our Dice service. Strategically, our acquisition of Slashdot and SourceForge will enable our customers to reach millions of engaged technology professionals worldwide.”