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DocCheck AG Interim / Quarterly Report 2005

May 27, 2005

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ISIN 1007

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Contents

Indicators 3
Introduction & Prospects 4
1 Management Report 5
1.1 Group 5
1.2 Communication 9
1.3 DocCheck®, Commerce & Logistic 10
1.4 Employees 11
1.5 Important Events after the Close of the Quarter 12
2 Balance Sheet 13
3 Profi t and Loss Account 18
4 Statement of Sources and Application of Funds 20
5 Divisional Reporting 22
6 Statement of Changes in Equity Capital 23
7 Shareholder Structure and Notifi able Securities Transactions 24
8 Stock Options 25
9 Financial Calendar 2005 28

Indicators of antwerpes ag

Quarterly Report 01.01.2005
- 31.03.2005
01.01.2004
- 31.03.2004
Change
%
1. Sales (net) 2,606,149 2,422,925 8
of which Sales Communication 1,144,578 1,384,784 -17
of which DocCheck®, Commerce & Logistic 1,461,572 1,037,447 41
2. Overall performance 2,636,119 2,432,894 8
3. EBITDA 105,548 110,702 -5
4. EBIT 7,539 11,667 -35
5. Group annual surplus 113,694 114,464 -1
6. Annual surplus per share 0,02 0,02 0
7. Liquid assets/securities* 16,098,306 30,416,713 -47
8. Number of employees as at 31.03.2005 76 70 9

* includes fixed-asset and current-asset securities

Dear Shareholders,

We were able to close the first quarter with sales totalling 2.61 million euro. This represents an increase of eight per cent when compared to the same quarter in the previous year. The DocCheck Division has proven to be the driving force for the increase and recorded a 41 per cent upturn in sales. This Division's total sales share is now 56 per cent and confirms the expectations of the Board - that the future growth impulses will be generated by this Division. Not least, these figures show that the change of name from antwerpes ag to DocCheck AG, as proposed to the Annual General Meeting, is the right way to go.

At this point may we remind you again: Our Annual General Meeting will be held on 15 June 2005 in Cologne. We cordially invite you to attend this meeting!

An important resolution passed at the last Annual General Meeting was implemented during the 1st quarter - the payment of the special dividend of 2.50 euro per share on 7 February 2005.

We had placed high expectations on the price trend of the antwerpes share following the special dividend. If you add the 2.50 euro to the current price of 4 euro, then you almost have the same price level as you did before the announcement of the special dividend in February 2004.

With a market capitalisation of 24 million euro and about 16 million euro security holdings and cash, antwerpes is recording goodwill totalling about 8 million euro. We are convinced that our business model will justify a higher evaluation. With the growth generator DocCheck, the change of company name, the share buy-back programme and the dividend payment of 8 cent, we are making every effort to increase this value for you!

The Board of Directors

1.1 The Group

The antwerpes Group (hereinafter referred to as "antwerpes" or "Group") consists of the antwerpes joint-stock company ("antwerpes ag") and its subsidiaries

  • antwerpes & partner Aktiengesellschaft ("antwerpes & partner ag"),
  • DocCheck® Medical Services Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung ("DocCheck® GmbH"),
  • DocCheck® Medizinbedarf und Logistik Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung ("DocCheck® Medizinbedarf"),
  • medicalpicture Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung ("medicalpicture"),
  • medizinstudent.de Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung ("medizinstudent"),
  • editworks Gesellschaft für digitale Medien mit beschränkter Haftung ("editworks"),
  • antwerpes romania SRL (in liquidation) ("antwerpes romania").

antwerpes ag acts as a leading holding company and has its head office in Cologne. The service and consultancy business is operated by the subsidiaries. The following explanatory notes therefore relate to both the company and the Group.

The position as regards the order book

At Group level, sales increased in the 1st quarter by 8 per cent, going from 2.4 million euro to 2.6 million euro, when compared to the same period in the previous year. At the end of the 1st quarter, orders amounted to 1.7 million euro.

Market and competitive environment

The German advertising market continues to remain at a standstill. This particularly affects the agency business of antwerpes ag which, in the last few years, has been declining. Competition is great because, as the trade magazine w&v has alreay stated: "Instead of promoting their products, companies are preferring to keep quiet". This applies in particular in the Healthcare Division. Disenchantment continues to reign in our main market. The upward pressure on costs and the rise in advertising expenses continue. Now as before, the Health Modernisation Act (GMG) influences the investment behaviour of customers.

The solution for antwerpes ag lies in the online market. As of now, this represents about one per cent of the German advertising market and, according to Nielsen Media Research, it is continuing to increase sharply in the first quarter of 2005 as well (from January to March 2005, 78 million euro were invested in advertising in the online sector).

Ludger Vornhusen, managing director of Nielsen Media Research GmbH comments as follows on online market development: "The Internet has established itself as an advertising medium and becomes increasingly important in the link-up to the classic media". So, with DocCheck, antwerpes is perfectly equipped.

With DocCheck, we can serve our online customers appropriately. Online campaigns such as eDetailing are being requested by our customers more than ever before. In particular, with DocCheck TV and our subsidiary editworks we seem to have

been spot on. According to a study by the Economist Intelligence Unit and IBM, Germany is in fourth place worldwide as a result of being more than ready and willing to use ebusiness and online technologies. This is due in particular to the region-wide spread of broadband technology – the basic foundation for the use of online TV.

So the upshot is: The German advertising market is only recovering tentatively from the decline in sales over the last few years. Nevertheless, both prescribers and consumers do seem to be reacting slowly to the changes in the market. The trade magazine w&v reports that almost 27 million users of the Internet search for inforformation on the topic of health. Advertising manager Thomas Lindner from Focus Online confirms an advertising volume of one third within the sector, Pharma 2004. The reason that this line of business has increased in importance is most probably the sensitised awareness regarding health and responsibility for self-medication following the introduction of the surgery fee.

In the first quarter, antwerpes did not make any significant investments. Research and development expenses have not changed when compared to the last quarter.

antwerpes Group Sales Trend

antwerpes & partner ag represents the Classical and Digital Communication Division within the antwerpes Group and was particularly affected by the reduction in the marketing budgets, as already described in the management report. Sales in the last three months were 1.1 million euro which represented a drop of 17 per cent when compared to the same period in the previous year.

Communication

1.3 DocCheck® , Commerce & Logistic

The activities of DocCheck GmbH, DocCheck Medizinbedarf und Logistik GmbH, medicalpicture GmbH, editworks GmbH and medizinstudent.de GmbH are consolidated in the segment, DocCheck, Commerce & Logistic. Here sales in the last three months were 1.5 million euro, which represented a 41 per cent increase compared to those in the previous year.

DocCheck® , Commerce & Logistic

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1.4 Employees

As at 31 March, the number of employees totalled 76. They achieved a turnover of about 34,000 euro per person in the last three months.

Employee Trend*

* only permanent full-time employees

1.5 Important events after the close of the quarter

On 13 April 2005, the antwerpes ag Board decided to start a share buy-back programme. The basis for the share buy-back is the Annual General Meeting's resolution dated 30.06.2004 which empowered the company to buy back up to 590,431 shares. The buy-back is first of all restricted to a maximum of 100,000 shares which corresponds to 1.7 per cent of the capital stock. The acquisition of the shares started on 14 April 2005 and is taking place exclusively via the stock exchange.

The paid purchase price per share may not exceed or fall below the price determined by the opening auction (on the same trading day for a company share in XETRA Trade) by more than 10 per cent.

Balance Sheet Assets

Assets 01.01.2005
- 31.03.2005
01.01.2004
- 31.12.2004
Short-term Assets
Liquid funds 854,366 15,935,311
Current-asset securities 15,243,940 15,269,930
Trade debtors 1,619,061 1,115,159
Amounts owed by group undertakings 41,128 43,599
Stocks 341,585 265,745
Accruals and deferrals 51,565 48,775
Total short-term Assets 18,151,644 32,678,519
Tangible fixed assets 1,272,998 1,291,467
Intangible fixed assets 130,373 135,522
Participating interests 57,729 57,729
Goodwill 691,989 705,989
Other assets 1,196,329 961,514
Deferred taxes 5,145 7,715
Total Assets 21,506,207 35,838,456

Balance Sheet Equity and Liabilities

Equity and liablities 01.01.2005
- 31.03.2005
01.01.2004
- 31.12.2004
Short-term Liabilities
Short-term loans and short-term share in long-term loans 9,049 10,339
Trade creditors 346,124 272,925
Payments received on account 470,435 343,243
Other provisions for liabilities and charges 486,251 611,054
Deferred tax provisions 113,248 99,296
Deferred income and other short-term liabilities 677,133 15,316,532
Amounts owed to group undertakings 136,178 15,693
Total short-term Liabilities 2,238,419 16,669,082
Deferred taxes 86,000 83,200
Capital and Reserves
Subscribed capital 5,904,312 5,904,312
Capital reserve 13,331,816 13,331,816
Unappropriated profit/accumulated deficit 2,760,599 2,646,905
Revenue reserves 71,700 71,700
Adjusting items for capital -3,245,570 -3,245,570
Special revaluation reserve 135,151 147,366
Minority shareholdings 223,778 229,645
Total capital and Reserves 19,181,787 19,086,175
Total Equity and Liabilities 21,506,207 35,838,456

2 Balance Sheet

The quarterly financial statement as at 31.03.2005 has been prepared on the basis of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), London, which were in force on the cut-off date, as well as on the basis of the interpretations of the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) of the IASB, London.

On 18 December 2003, the "Improvement Project" of the IASB was concluded, with the publication of accounting standards which had been revised and in parts deleted. The accounting standards which had been revised in the course of the "Improvement Project" must be applied to years under review which commence on or after 1 January 2005. Regarding this, the following revised accounting standards were utilised for the first time in the quarterly financial statement dated 31 March 2005: IAS 1.68 (0), (p) in conjunction with IAS 27.33: Report on the shares of minority shareholders in the equity capital, distinct from the equity capital shares of the parent company's shareholders; IAS 1.96 in conjunction with IAS 27.33: Breakdown of equity capital supplemented by the statement on minority shares. All other accounting and evaluation methods from the annual financial statements as at 31 December 2004 were used with no changes made.

1. During the 1st quarter of 2005, liquid funds were invested for the most part as time deposits with variable terms. In the course of the special dividend distribution which took place on 7 February 2005, liquid funds were reduced, as expected, by 15 million euro.

  • 2. As at 31 March 2005, the current-asset security holdings consist of two mortgage bonds and two loans against promissory notes. The accumulated fair value changes amounting to 135,000 euro were, in accordance with IAS 39 (revised 2003), allocated to a special revaluation reserve in the equity capital and did not affect the operating result.
  • 3. With the exception of editworks GmbH whose shares were offset in accordance with the acquisition method pursuant to IFRS 3, shares in the fully consolidated subsidiaries were offset, pro rata to their holding in accordance with the book value method, against the capital of the companies at the time of the initial consolidation. This resulted in the following goodwill:

Goodwill

Company Goodwill from
the initial
consolidation
Goodwill book
value as at
31.03.2005
Goodwill book
value as at
31.03.2004
DocCheck Medical Services GmbH 29,340 17,238 17,238
medicalpicture GmbH 92,452 81,666 81,666
DocCheck Medizinbedarf und Logistik GmbH* 755,956 401,991 401,991
medizinstudent.de GmbH 181,609 50,523 50,523
editworks GmbH 154,572 140,572 -
1,213,929 691,989 551,418

* formerly Albert Geisselmann Medizinbedarf GmbH

Due to personnel changes at management level at editworks GmbH and the effects of these on future business development, antwerpes ag carried out an extraordinary impairment test on the participating interest in editworks GmbH on 31 March 2005. The impairment test resulted in goodwill depreciation requirements for editworks GmbH on 31 March 2005 which totalled 14,000 euro.

  • 4. Other assets largely comprise deferred interest and taxes.
  • 5. In other provisions transfers essentially took place within provisions for bonuses and provisions for shares in profits. In addition, provisions were made for end-of-year accounting and audit costs. As they stand now, these provisions ensure that there is a realistic deferment of expenditure for the current financial year.
  • 6. Other liabilities are mainly made up of tax liabilities (sales tax, income tax and church tax), contributions relating to salaries and wages and doctors' fees which are still to be paid. Due to the special dividend distribution which was carried out on 7 February 2005, other liabilities were reduced, as expected, by 14.8 million euro.

3 Profi t and Loss Account

Group Profit and Loss Account in accordance with IFRS 01.01.2005
- 31.03.2005
01.01.2004
- 31.03.2004
1. Sales (net) 2,606,149 2,422,925
2. Other operating income 36,367 84,659
unfinished goods 3. Differences between opening and closing stocks of finished and 29,969 9,970
4. Cost of materials a) Cost of raw materials and supplies and
goods purchased for resale
853,450 647,935
b) Cost of external services 258,772 155,951
1,112,222 803,885
5. Staff costs a) Wages and salaries 798,411 886,957
b) Social security contributions 136,253 152,968
934,665 1,039,926
tangible fixed assets 6. Amortisation of intangible fixed assets and depreciation of 98,008 99,035
7. Other operating expenses 520,051 563,041
8. Operating result (EBIT) 7,539 11,667
for information:
EBITDA
105,548 110,702
financial assets 9. Income from other securities and loans which form part of the 0 184,575
10. Interest and similar income 166,745 52,923
securities 11. Write-downs on long-term investments and current-asset 13,774 29,081
12. Interest and similar expenses 1,958 5,481
13. Result before tax (and minority shareholdings) 158,552 214,602
14. Personal income tax and tax on earnings 50,544 98,464
15. Other taxes 179 1,175
16. Result before minority shareholdings 107,828 114,963
17. Minority shareholdings -5,866 499
18. Group annual surplus 113,694 114,464
Net earnings per share in accordance with IAS 33 (undiluted) 0,02 0,02
Net earnings per share in accordance with IAS 33 (diluted) 0,02 0,02
Average shares currently in circulation (undiluted) 5,904,312 5,902,812
Average shares currently in circulation (diluted) 5,904,312 5,922,812

  • 1. Net sales showed an increase of 8 per cent to 2,606,000 euro (previous year: 2,422,000 euro) when compared to the first three months of the previous year. Receivables on outstanding trade accounts amounted to 277,000 euro (previous year: 337,000 euro). In addition, according to IAS 11 and in conjunction with IAS 18, turnover includes order projects estimated as being 106,000 euro (previous year: 34,000 euro) in accordance with the percentage of completion method.
  • 2. Other operating income is mainly made up of rent income and income from the release of provisions.
  • 3. Due to the closure of the Berlin Branch of antwerpes & partner ag, Cologne, on 30 June 2004, staff costs have clearly dropped when compared to the first three months of the previous year. The staff costs of editworks GmbH, which amounted to 30,000 euro in the first quarter, were not included in the same period for the previous year.
  • 4. Amortisation, depreciation and write-downs contain reductions in value for the goodwill of editworks GmbH which total 14,000 euro. In the same period for the previous year, this entry contained additional tangible fixed asset de-preciation totalling 15,000 euro in connection with the closing of the Berlin Branch of antwerpes & partner ag, Cologne.
  • 5. Other operating expenses for the same period in the previous year were restructuring costs in connection with the closing of the Berlin Branch which totalled 50,000 euro.
  • 6. In accordance with IAS 33, the profit per share for the first three months of 2005 was 2 cent (previous year: 2 cent).

4 Statement of Sources and Application of Funds

Statement of Sources and Application of Funds (in euros) 01.01.2005
- 31.03.2005
01.01.2004
- 31.03.2004
Surplus for the period before extraordinary profi t 113,694 114,464
of which funds received from interest 166,745 237,498
of which funds paid as interest 1,958 5,481
+ Amortisation of intangible fixed assets and depreciation of
tangible fixed assets
98,008 99,035
+ Loss from the disposal of fixed assets 0 18,772
+/- Increase/decrease in provisions -110,850 -49,126
-/+ Increase/decrease in trade debtors -501,431 -440,803
-/+ Increase/decrease in other assets -234,816 -116,292
-/+ Increase/decrease in stocks -75,839 -57,983
-/+ Increase/decrease in prepaid expenses and deferred charges -2,789 -32,779
+/- Increase/decrease in deferred income 98,052 0
-/+ Increase/decrease in deferred taxes on the assets side 2,570 -15,539
-/+ Decrease/increase in deferred taxes on the liabilities side 2,800 6,800
+/- Increase/decrease in trade creditors and other liabilities 358,320 263,142
Cash fl ow from current business activities -252,280 -210,309
+/- Proceeds/ outgoings for disinvestments/investments in
tangible and intangible fixed assets
-60,389 618
- Outgoings from the sale of consolidated companies 0 -18,772
+ Write-downs on fixed-asset securities 0 29,081
Cash fl ow from investment activities -60,389 10,927
- Repayment of loans -1,290 -590
- Payment to shareholders ensuing from capital reduction -14,780,760 0
Cash fl ow from fi nancing activities -14,782,050 -590

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Change in funds to hand which affects payment -15,094,719 -199,973
- Change in funds to hand due to evaluation
(special revaluation reserve)
-12,216 0
+ Change in funds to hand as a result of the regrouping of
securities
0 7,666,654
- Funds to hand at the start of the period 31,205,241 10,348,822
Funds to hand at the end of the period 16,098,306 17,815,503
Composition of the funds to hand
- Cash and cash equivalent 854,366 10,108,503
- Securities 15,243,940 7,707,000
  • 1. The change in Cash Flow from financing activities is mainly due to the special dividend distribution totalling 14.8 million euro which took place on 7 February 2005.
  • 2. Contrary to the previous year's presentation and to improve the comparability of the Cash Flow from investment activities, the regrouping of fixed-asset securities which did not affect payment within the current assets of the previous year was shown below the change in funds to hand which did affect payment.
  • 3. Borrowed monies totalling 85,000 euro (previous year: 538,000 euro) are included in the funds balance as at 31.03.2005. These represent outstanding doctors' fees which antwerpes ag cannot dispose of in any other way.
  • 4. The liquid assets and current-asset securities totalled 16.1 million euro as at 31.03.2005 (previous year: 30.4 million euro). The drop results exclusively from the special dividend distribution totalling 14.8 million euro which took place on 7 February 2005.

5 Divisional Reporting as at 31.03.2005

Communication DocCheck.
Commerce
& Logistic
Holding Total
Net sales for the Divisions 1,144,578 1,461,572 0 2,606,149
Intra-Group sales 784 20,501 580,736 602,021
EBIT 106,032 -82,240 -16,253 7,539
Result before taxes on earnings 106,113 -82,640 135,079 158,552
Total assets 924,175 2,438,840 18,143,192 21,506,207
Total liabilities 573,289 690,702 267,697 1,531,688
Amortisation of intangible fixed
assets and depreciation of tangi
ble fixed assets
5,719 13,630 78,659 98,008
Employees 34 33 9 76

Total assets include the fixed assets, the current assets and the prepaid expenses and deferred charges. The segment Communication comprises antwerpes & partner ag, Cologne, with its business premises in Basle, Switzerland. DocCheck GmbH, DocCheck Medizinbedarf und Logistik GmbH, medicalpicture GmbH, medizinstudent.de GmbH and editworks GmbH together form the Division DocCheck, Commerce & Logistic. The segment, Holding, incorporates the whole of the administrative and service Division of antwerpes ag. Since the activities of these two companies are currently located in the same area, a geographical segmentation was waived. Supplies and services within the combined group were valued at purchase price plus a mark-up and cost sharing within the Group was valued at purchase price plus interest.

6 Statement of Changes in Equity Capital

Statement of Equity Capital in accordance with IAS 1 Subsections 96-101 (in euro)

Balance as at
31.12.2003
Deconsolidation of
antwerpes.korte
consulting GmbH
Net income as at
31.03.2004
Balance as at
31.03.2004
Subscribed capital 5,904,312 5,904,312
Capital reserve 28,090,027* 28,090,027
Statutory reserve 39,253 39,253
Reserve according to the
articles of association
4,755 -4,755 0
Other revenue reserves 32,448 32,448
Special revaluation reserve 0 0
Balance Sheet profit 2,052,946* 4,755 114,464 2,172,164
Adjusting items for capital -3,245,570 -3,245,570
Own shares -7,706 -7,706
Minority shares 275,256 -56,871 499 218,885
Total 33,145,721 -56,871 114,963 33,203,813
Balance as at
31.12.2004
Revaluation of
securities
Net income as at
31.03.2005
Balance as at
31.03.2005
Subscribed capital 5,904,312 5,904,312
Capital reserve 13,331,816 13,331,816
Statutory reserve 39,253 39,253
Reserve according to the
articles of association
0 0
Other revenue reserves 32,448 32,448
Special revaluation reserve 147,367 -12,216 135,151
Balance Sheet profit 2,646,905 113,694 2,760,599
Adjusting items for capital -3,245,570 -3,245,570
Own shares 0 0
Minority shares 229,645 -5,866 223,778
Total 19,086,175 -12,216 107,828 19,181,788

* Retrospective adjustment as a result of the fiscal audit of the accounts in accordance with SIC 17 and in conjunction with IAS 8 as at 31.12.2004

7 Shareholder Structure and notifi able Securities Transactions

The administrative bodies of antwerpes ag and its subsidiaries carried out the following notifiable securities transactions in the first quarter of 2005:

Sale: 28 January 2005 63,540 shares Jan Antwerpes
4 Febuary 2005 62,600 shares Jan Antwerpes

The shareholder structure of antwerpes ag consists of the following as at quarter-end:

Shareholder structure according to § 21 of the Securities Trading Law as at 31 March 2005

Share Number
%
Dr. Frank Antwerpes, CEO* 46.90 2,769,297
Jan Antwerpes, CFO* 13.78 813,590
Dr. Johannes Kersten,
Supervisory Board member of antwerpes & partner ag
7.32 432,031
Freefl oat 32.00 1,889,394
Hermann Korte, Board Member 0.95 56,038
Roland Ortloff,
Managing Director of DocCheck Shop und Logistik GmbH
0.75 44,312
Michael Thiess, Chairman of the Supervisory Board 0.00 100
Dr. Joachim Pietzko, Member of the Supervisory Board 0.01 866
Winfried Leimeister, Member of the Supervisory Board 0.00 0
antwerpes ag 0.00 0

* Half of the shares of immediate relatives were allocated to Messrs. Antwerpes. In addition, the shares of Dr. Frank Antwerpes' wife were included.

Stock Options

In accordance with the resolution passed at the annual general meeting dated 16 May 2001, the company grants, by means of an options contract, subscription rights to certain employees regarding the acquisition of antwerpes ag shares. According to the grade and position of the employee, the company offers contracts to certain employees which cover the granting of share options (options contract). As at 31 March 2005, 57,750 (in the previous year: 79,750) stock options had been issued. The reduction in the stock options portfolio is because some employees who were entitled to subscribe left the company. Exercising a subscription right depends on whether at the time the following performance goals were met:

  • The market price of the antwerpes ag share has performed better than the Nemax All Share Index (now Technology All Share Index)
  • The current market price of the share must be higher than the comparative market price and the comparative market price of the share is
  • for subscription rights granted up to five days before the initial public offering, the initial public offering price as determined in the book-building process for the antwerpes ag share for the purposes of the initial public offering
  • for one or two subscription rights granted during an acquisition period, the average of the Xetra closing prices for the 20 trading days before the first day of the respective acquisition period
  • The employee has an employment contract with a company within the antwerpes Group and notice to terminate this has not been served nor has it been terminated in some other way.

Exercising the options granted is only permissible at any time during the following periods:

  • On the respective fourth and the 19 subsequent bank working days following an antwerpes ag ordinary annual general meeting.
  • On the respective fourth and the 19 subsequent bank working days following the publication of the antwerpes ag quarterly report which covers the 3rd quarter of a financial year.

Composition of stock options as at 31 March 2005 Issued stock options balance as at 31.12.2004 57,750 Options granted in the 1st quarter of 2005 0 Options exercised in the 1st quarter of 2005 0 Options which have lapsed in the 1st quarter of 2005 0 Issued stock options balance as at 31.03.2005 57,750 1. the fi rst tranche (Issue: April 2000, issue price: 21 €, term: 7 years) 42,500 of which to management 34,000 of which with a waiting period up until the first implementation on 05.04.05 5,100 of which are exercisable on 31.03.05 28,900 of which to employees 8,500 of which with a waiting period up until the first implementation on 05.04.05 0 of which are exercisable on 31.03.05 8,500 2. the second tranche (Issue: December 2000, issue price: 17.96 €, term: 7 years) 5,250 of which to employees 5,250 of which with a waiting period up until the first implementation on 27.11.05 374 of which are exercisable on 31.03.05 4,876 3. the third tranche (Issue: May 2002, issue price: 5.16 €, term: 7 years) 10,000 of which to management 10,000 of which with a waiting period up until the first implementation on 31.05.05 3,000 of which with a waiting period up until the first implementation on 31.05.06 1,500 of which with a waiting period up until the first implementation on 31.05.07 1,500 of which are exercisable on 31.03.05 4,000

Financial Calendar

Date Event
15 June 2005 Annual General Meeting in Cologne
Mid-August 2005 Report for the 2nd Quarter
Mid-November 2005 Report for the 3rd Quarter
November 2005 Analysts' Conference in Cologne

Investor Relations

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