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DocCheck AG Interim / Quarterly Report 2007

Nov 29, 2007

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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Report for the 3rd Quarter 2007

1 Overview

Quick Figures

  • DocCheck increases sales by 49%
  • The trading business increases sales by 24%
  • Positive operating result (EBIT) of 38 keuro
  • 4 cent profi t per share
  • Share buy-backs continue

Highlights

  • DocCheck community: Hits the half million user mark
  • Paid content: DocCheck Pro sells 2,500 subscriptions
  • Product Development: Internationalisation of the medical social network applications for Italy and France
  • Internationalisation: New franchise partner in Spain
  • Agency business: Increased demand following e-marketing campaigns

Company in brief

DocCheck AG has specialised in the growth market that is healthcare. The agency, portal and trading business is managed under the two brands DocCheck and antwerpes. In 2006 the Group, with about 120 employees in Cologne, Basle, Stuttgart, Leipzig and Essen generated sales totalling 13.6 million euro. DocCheck AG is listed in the Prime Standard of the German stock exchange (ISIN: DE0005471007 // Symbol: 547100).

Financial Calendar
Mid March 2008 Accounts Press Conference in Cologne
End of March 2008 Annual Financial Statements
Quarterly Report 01/07/2007
– 30/09/2007
01/07/2006
– 30/09/2006 Variance
%
Sales 3,514,969 3,269,111 8 %
of which antwerpes ag 1,554,827 1,708,355 -9 %
of which DocCheck 845,442 477,744 77 %
of which DocCheck Shop 1,308,010 1,082,622 21 %
Overall performance 3,538,673 3,328,289 6 %
EBITDA 217,625 308,342 -29 %
EBIT 105,103 201,309 -48 %
Consolidated annual net income 238,572 174,143 37 %
Annual net income per share 0.04 0.03 40 %
Liquid assets/securities 14,286,394 15,439,846 -7 %
Number of employees as at
30/09
118 113 4 %

Indicators

position as at 30/09/2007

3 months' shares chart

Share facts

ISIN DE0005471007 Segment Prime Standard
Reuters ANWG.G Sector Software
Bloomberg AJ9 Number of shares 5.90 Mio
Internet www.doccheck.ag High/Low 3rd Quarter 4.12/3.81

Shareholder structure

Shareholders expressed as a percentage
Dr. Frank Antwerpes 46.92
Jan Antwerpes 13.72
Dr. Johannes Kersten 7.32
Free Float* 32.04
DocCheck AG 3.94

* mode of calculation according to Dt. Börse

Nine-month Report 01/01/2007
– 30/09/2007
01/01/2006
–30/09/2006 Variance
%
Sales 10,269,710 9,433,929 9 %
of which antwerpes ag 4,497,329 4,855,093 -7 %
of which DocCheck 2,372,547 1,593,711 49 %
of which DocCheck Shop 3,693,984 2,984,092 24 %
Overall performance 10,271,258 9,655,687 6 %
EBITDA 383,431 923,502 -58 %
EBIT 37,728 616,169 -94 %
Consolidated annual net income 279,017 551,812 -49 %
Annual net income per share 0.05 0.10 -49 %
Liquid assets/securities 14,286,394 15,439,846 -7 %
Number of employees as at
30/09
118 113 4 %

2 Interim Management Report

DocCheck Division

With over 500,000 users and 1,700 co-operation partners from the whole of the healthcare sector, DocCheck is now the largest and fastest growing community for medical specialist groups in Europe. 18 out of 20 of the largest pharmaceutical companies already use DocCheck services.

DocCheck is constantly developing these services further throughout the community to enable transactions between the user and the industry. Online Market Research, Online Media, Online Direct Marketing and Paid Content are currently the most important business models.

Sales and Income Report - DocCheck Division

In the third quarter the division was already benefi ting from the increased investments in research and service development which have been in place since the start of the year. The Division increased sales to 2.4 million refl ecting a rise of 49 per cent. In the third quarter development work focused on the internationalisation of services. With the launch of the Italian "DocCheck Faces" social network, the expansion of the French-speaking market research, brand new newsletters for France and Italy and the French online direct marketing, DocCheck is extending its role as market leader in Europe. As a result of investing in the internationalisation of local services in the past quarter, the Division achieved a result of -229,000 euro.

DocCheck Shop Division

DocCheck Shop represents the trading business under the DocCheck brand. It sells medical supplies to general practitioners via the mail-order business, the Internet shop under www.doccheckshop.de and via the sales force.

With the sales force DocCheck provides individual and on-the-spot medical advice to doctors on a one-to-one basis when selling technical medical equipment which needs to be explained and has for this purpose three sales locations in Stuttgart, Leipzig and Essen with a total of 65,000 customers. The plan is to acquire additional sales locations.

Sales and Income Report - DocCheck Shop

DocCheck Shop recorded an increase in sales of 24 per cent in the third quarter and achieved sales totalling 3.7 million euro. The Division's result continued to be negative in the third quarter (-180,000 euro) due to the integration costs of the new location in Essen.

antwerpes Division

antwerpes represents the agency business of the DocCheck Group. The agency develops integrated communications solutions for the healthcare sector. Marketing know-how in the healthcare market and competence in integrated communication enable antwerpes to implement multi-channel strategies for customers. This integral approach, which antwerpes has already implemented successfully for years, is currently described by the trade journal "w&v"1 as one of the business models for the future.

Sales and Income Report - antwerpes

As expected and already forecast in the previous quarter, the agency business has recovered but cannot yet catch up with the result for the previous year's quarter. So in the third quarter, sales in the agency business dropped by seven per cent to 4.5 million euro. The Division's result at the end of the quarter was positive and totalled 437,000 euro.

3 Opportunities and Risks Report

Opportunities and risks of the DocCheck portal business

DocCheck has established itself as a strong brand name in the healthcare market. In order to maintain this market position and to continue to expand in Europe, local services need to be developed continuously in order to tap new sources of revenue and to exploit growth opportunities. For this reason DocCheck continues to set the pace of investment and development in this division. There are certain risks associated with this such as short-term pressure on the Profi t and Loss. However the company considers that the opportunities offered by such a rate of innovation and investment substantially outweigh the risks.

Opportunities and risks for DocCheck Shop trading division

DocCheck's assessment of the growth potential of the medical technology market in the fi rst quarter remains unchanged.

The sale of medical technology in Germany, which is very fragmented and regionally orientated, offers additional growth potential, as described in the fi rst quarter report. The Shop exploits this potential by expanding its sales network. In this respect it relies on the acquisition of regional owner-managed medical dealers. DocCheck plays a leading role by concentrating on any structural changes within the German medical trade market and implementing them at an early stage. In this way, additional sales locations will be acquired more easily and their market position will be strengthened throughout Germany. The integration costs for such acquisitions represent one of the risks associated with this policy of market position strengthening.

The e-commerce Division has recorded sales fi gures which are increasing at a rapid pace. The Business-to-Business Division in Germany in 2006 recorded sales totalling 392 billion euro. Sales of up to 636 billion euro2 are expected for 2010. Great growth potential often leads in the long-term to a strengthening of competitive pressure. In order to counter this, a clear marketing strategy and product mix policy is essential. In this respect the DocCheck Online Shop considers itself to be extremely well placed. The Internet presence of the Shop has been completely revised and the range of products offered is quite clearly focusing on medical supplies for doctors.

Opportunities and risks for antwerpes agency business

The major risks for the agency business lie within the pharmaceutical market itself and its strict policy regulations. Due to the major health care reforms, the pharmaceutical market has suffered a slight decline up until mid 2007. During the remainder of the year however this trend is reversing and on the basis of the current one-year comparison from August 2006 to August 2007 the market is increasing once more at a current rate of 11 per cent3 .

2

2 BITKOM/Eito, 2007

3 IMS Health Deutschland, October 2007

This change was also subsequently refl ected in the increase in the marketing budgets and as a result there was an increased demand for agency services.

4 Important events

External

Amendment to the legal regulatory framework

The Board of Directors and Supervisory Board decided at their regular Supervisory Board meeting to apply to the German Stock Exchange for the purposes of moving DocCheck AG over from Prime Standard to General Standard. The Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board consider that a reporting procedure which is adjusted to the size of the company and is geared towards the German fi nancial market, with detailed half-yearly reporting and interim announcements per quarter, is totally adequate.

Internal

Changes in the research and development activities/introducing new products/developing new markets

In the DocCheck Division marketing and personnel investments have increased in order to internationalise further the DocCheck Community (see also statements on the DocCheck Division) and to develop new applications along the lines of Paid Content.

5 Additional Explanatory Notes

Orders on hand

As at 30 September 2007 orders on hand total 2.3 million euro.

Share buy-backs

At the Annual General Meeting on 28 June 2007, the company was empowered to continue buying back its own shares. The Board of Directors of DocCheck AG is ending the current share buy-back programme based on the former resolution passed by the Annual General Meeting and is continuing the share buy-backs with immediate effect on the basis of the current resolution. Empowerment became effective when the Annual General Meeting passed the resolution and is valid until 27 December 2008. All in all, the company is empowered to buy back up to 590,431 of its own share certifi cates.

The proportion of own shares is 3.94 per cent as at 30 September 2007. This equates to 232,522 shares out of a total of 5,904,312 issued shares. The company publishes the share buy-backs every week on its website.

Report on forecasts and other statements on expected developments

Back in the fi rst quarter DocCheck AG forecast a weak second quarter for the agency business. This occurred as expected. For the remaining months of the year the company agrees with the forecasts of the GWA4 Industrial Federation which anticipates growth potential for the communications sector, particularly in the internet business, energy, pharmaceutical and fi nancial services sectors. This forecast can be upheld as the outlook for the fourth quarter is positive given the marked increase in incoming orders in the agency business. At the same time the portal and trading business is developing according to plan. On the basis of these business prospects the Board of Directors is expecting a positive operating result once more for the fourth quarter.

Declaration in accordance with § 37w (5) of the Securities Trading Act (WpHG)

The present quarterly fi nancial statements and management report were not subject to any audit inspection.

Declaration of the legal representatives in accordance with §37y of the Securities Trading Act (WpHG) in conjunction with §37w Paragraph 2 No. 3 of the Securities Trading Act (WpHG)

We hereby affi rm that, to the best of our knowledge, according to the accounting principles which are to apply to the interim report, the consolidated interim fi nancial statements convey a picture of the Group's asset, fi nancial and income situation which corresponds to the actual circumstances and that in the consolidated interim management report the business trend, the business result and the Group's situation are represented in such a way that a picture is conveyed which corresponds to the actual circumstances and that the major opportunities and risks concerning the expected development of the Group during the rest of the fi nancial year are specifi ed.

The DocCheck AG Board of Directors in November 2007

Signed Dr. Frank Antwerpes Signed Jan Antwerpes Signed Helmut Rieger

6 Balance Sheet

Consolidated Balance Sheet in accordance with IFRS

Assets 01/01/2007
– 30/09/2007
01/01/2006
– 31/12/2006
Short-term assets
Liquid assets, cash, cash at bank, cheques 9,323,259 4,048,223
Current-asset securities 4,963,135 12,448,260
Trade debtors 2,890,029 2,172,136
Amounts owed by group undertakings 0 0
Stocks 812,728 600,604
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges 57,037 50,681
Total short-term assets 18,046,188 19,319,903
Tangible fi xed assets 1,615,802 1,366,883
Intangible fi xed assets 136,153 130,713
Participating interests 129,111 70,804
Payments on account for fi nancial investments 0 0
Goodwill 795,460 697,617
Other assets 404,102 514,588
Deferred taxes 2,000 2,800
Total assets 21,128,816 22,103,309
Equity and liabilities 01/01/2007
– 30/09/2007
01/01/2006
– 31/12/2006
Short-term liabilities
Short-term loans and short-term share in long
term loans
21,546 29,775
Trade creditors 437,807 477,610
Payments received on account 745,023 928,500
Other provisions for liabilities and charges 628,406 625,384
Tax provisions 368,115 384,917
Deferred income and other short-term liabilities 471,274 470,927
Amounts owed to group undertakings 49,702 64,564
Total short-term liabilities 2,721,872 2,981,676
Deferred taxes 7,000 58,000
Capital and reserves
Subscribed capital 5,904,312 5,904,312
Capital reserve 13,421,409 13,421,409
Net earnings/net loss 2,937,687 3,228,836
Revenue reserves 71,700 71,700
Capital adjustment items -3,245,570 -3,245,570
Special revaluation reserve -19,536 -40,552
Own shares -990,508 -598,393
Minority shareholdings 320,449 321,891
Total capital and reserves 18,399,944 19,063,633
Total equity and liabilities 21,128,816 22,103,309

Explanatory notes on the balance sheet

The quarterly fi nancial statement as at 30 September 2007 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.

The accounting and evaluation methods from the annual fi nancial statements as at 31 December 2006 were used unchanged.

  • 1. The securities which matured in the 3rd quarter of 2007, which were reported as current-asset securities in previous quarters, are now reported as being liquid assets. The drop in liquid assets in the fi rst nine months of 2007 is mainly due to the dividend payment on 29 June 2007 and to the investments in additional offi ce space.
  • 2. As at 30 September 2007 the current-asset securities portfolio consists of one borrower's note loan. According to IAS 39, securities falling within the category "available for sale" are to be valued at fair value (market price). Changes in the fair value are fi rst of all recorded in the capital and reserves in a special revaluation reserve with no effect on the operating result until that point in time when the securities are taken out of the accounts.
  • 3. With the exception of DocCheck TV GmbH, DocCheck Medizinbedarf und Logistik GmbH, Eilenburg and Medilab GmbH, Essen whose shares were offset in accordance with the acquisition method pursuant to IFRS 3, the 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:
Company Goodwill from
the initial
consolidation
Book value as at
30/09/2007
Book value as at
30/09/2006
DockCheck Medical
Services GmbH
29,340 17,238 17,238
DocCheck Medizinbedarf
& Logistik GmbH
755,956 401,990 401,990
medicalpicture GmbH 92,452 81,666 81,666
medizinstudent.de
GmbH
181,609 50,523 50,523
DocCheck TV GmbH 154,572 146,200 146,200
DocCheck Shop Essen 97,843 97,843 0
Total 1,311,772 795,460 697,617

4. On 13 March 2007 DocCheck Medizinbedarf und Logistik GmbH, Weil im Schönbuch, a subsidiary of DocCheck AG, acquired 100 per cent of the shares in Medilab GmbH, Essen, with fi nancial effect from 01 April 2007. The purchase price for the acquisition of the shares was paid in cash. In the 2nd quarter of 2007 the company was included in the consolidation for the fi rst time.

  • 5. Other assets are largely made up of deferred interest and taxes.
  • 6. In other provisions, transfers essentially took place within provisions for holidays, bonuses and shares in profi ts. 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 fi nancial year.
  • 7. 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.
  • 8. The valuation items in capital and reserves relate to own shares held by DocCheck AG. In the fi rst nine months a further 87,924 own share certifi cates were acquired. The holdings of own shares as at 30 September 2007 consist of 232,522 individual share certifi cates and account for a total of 232,522 euro of the capital

stock. As at 30 September 2007 the market price was 904,510.58 euro. In accordance with IAS 32.33, own shares are shown in the balance sheet at acquisition cost and as a deduction from capital and reserves. When selling own shares, the profi t or loss is not to be shown in the profi t and loss account but as a change to the capital and reserves.

9. The special revaluation reserve amounting to -20,000 euro contains the fair value changes from the current-asset securities netted out by the deferred taxes apportionable to them.

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7 Group Profi t and Loss Account

Group Profit and Loss Account in accordance with IFRS 01/07/2007
– 30/09/2007
01/07/2006
– 30/09/2006
01/01/2007
– 30/09/2007
01/01/2006
– 30/09/2006
1. Sales (net) 3,514,969 3,269,111 10,269,710 9,433,929
2. Other operating income 10,717 25,071 74,228 102,991
3. Differences between opening and closing stocks of fi nished and unfi nished goods 23,704 59,178 1,548 221,759
4. Cost of materials
a) Cost of raw materials and supplies and goods purchased for resale 914,982 767,517 2,601,044 2,397,951
b) Cost of external services 463,999 316,533 1,492,531 1,094,771
Total cost of materials 1,378,981 1,084,050 4,093,574 3,492,722
5. Staff costs
a) Wages and salaries 1,183,125 1,092,044 3,434,915 2,991,304
b) Social security contributions 194,808 194,798 562,779 510,834
Total staff costs 1,377,932 1,286,842 3,997,695 3,502,138
6. Amortisation of intangible fi xed assets and depreciation of tangible fi xed assets 112,521 107,033 345,703 307,333
7. Other operating expenses 574,852 663,356 1,875,053 1,838,414
8. Income from participating interests 0 -10,769 4,267 -1,902
9. Operating result (EBIT) 105,103 201,309 37,728 616,169
for information: EBITDA 217,625 308,342 383,431 923,502
10. Income from other securities and loans which form part of the fi nancial assets 0 0 0 0
11. Interest and similar income 130,499 132,259 414,053 411,669
12. Write-downs on long-term investments and current-asset securities 13,964 13,455 18,943 39,926
13. Interest and similar expenses 801 1,627 5,895 4,803
14. Result before tax (and minority shareholdings) 220,837 318,487 426,943 983,109
15. Personal income tax and tax on earnings 19,887 144,060 150,966 399,774
16. Other taxes 1,225 162 2,542 649
17. Result before minority shareholdings 199,725 174,264 273,436 582,686
18. Minority shareholdings 38,847 122 5,581 30,874
19. Consolidated annual net income 238,572 174,143 279,017 551,812
20. Net earnings per share in accordance with IAS 33 (undiluted) 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.10
21. Net earnings per share in accordance with IAS 33 (diluted) 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.06
22. Average shares currently in circulation (undiluted) 5,686,637 5,812,370 5,717,076 5,807,152
23. Average shares currently in circulation (diluted) 5,686,816 5,813,870 5,718,131 5,814,163
  • 1. When compared to the fi rst nine months of the previous year, net sales increased by nine per cent, rising to 10.269.000 euro (previous year: 9.433.000 euro). The effect on results of sales not yet invoiced as at the cut-off date was 237.000 euro (previous year: 315.000 euro). In addition, according to IAS 11 in conjunction with IAS 18, turnover includes order projects estimated as being 184.000 euro (previous year: -152.000 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. The marked increase in the number of employees when compared to the same period in the previous year is causing the increase in staff costs.
  • 4. Other operating expenses remain at the same level as in the previous year's third quarter.
  • 5. The profi t per share for the fi rst nine months of 2007 was, in accordance with IAS 33, 5 cent) (previous year: 10 cent).

8 Statement of sources and application of funds

  • 1. The change in cash fl ow from investment activities when compared to the same period in the previous year is mainly due to investments made in factory and offi ce equipment as well as in hardware during the fi rst nine months of 2007. The conversion of another offi ce fl oor, with purchasing costs totalling about 400.000 euro, accounts for the majority of investments in factory and offi ce equipment.
  • 2. The change in cash fl ow from fi nancing activities when compared to the same period in the previous year is mainly due to the acquisition of own shares in the fi rst nine months of 2007 and to the higher dividend for 2006.
  • 3. Funds to hand as at 30/09/2007 contain borrowed money totalling 29.000 euro (previous year: 28.000 euro). These are outstanding doctors' fees which DocCheck AG cannot dispose of in any other way.
  • 4. The liquid assets and current-asset securities totalled 14.3 million euro as at 30 September 2007 (previous year: 16.5 million euro).
Statement of sources and application of
funds (in euro)
01/01/2007
– 30/09/2007
01/01/2006
– 30/09/2006
Surplus for the period before extraordinary
profi t
279,017 551,812
of which funds received from interest 414,053 411,669
of which funds paid as interest 5,895 4,803
Amortisation of intangible fi xed assets and
+
depreciation of tangible fi xed assets
345,703 307,333
Loss from the addition and disposal of fi xed
+
assets
0 2,709
+
Loss from the disposal of own shares
2,220 0
+/- Increase/decrease in provisions -13,779 280,375
-/+ Increase/decrease in trade debtors -727,295 -782,876
-/+ Increase/decrease in other assets 7,113 -202,559
-/+ Increase/decrease in stocks -212,125 -544,131
-/+ Increase/decrease in prepaid expenses and
deferred charges
-6,356 -7,082
+/- Increase/decrease in deferred income 0 55,258
-/+ Increase/decrease in deferred taxes reported
as assets
800 -25,700
-/+ Reduction/increase in deferred taxes reported
as liabilities
-51,000 -35,600
+/- Increase/decrease in trade creditors and other
liabilities
-134,742 -93,760
Cash fl ow from current business activities -510,444 -494,222
Proceeds/outgoings for disinvestments/in
vestments in tangible fi xed assets, intangible
+/-
fi xed assets, participating interests and
goodwill
-747,932 -627,891
Outgoings from the sale of consolidated
-
companies
0 0
+
Write-downs on fi xed-asset securities
0 0
+/- Proceeds/outgoings from the sale/purchase
of securities
0 0
Cash fl ow from investment activities -747,932 -627,891
-
Repayment of loans
-8,229 -4,022
Payment to shareholders ensuing from capital
-
reduction
0 0
-
Disbursement from dividend payments
-570,166 -464,345
+/- Proceeds/outgoings from the sale/purchase
of own shares
-394,335 2,268
Cash fl ow from fi nancing activities -972,730 -466,099
Change in funds to hand which affects payment -2,231,106 -1,588,212
Change in funds to hand due to evaluation
+
(special revaluation reserve)
21,016 -71,454
Change in funds to hand as a result of the
+
regrouping of securities
0 0
+
Funds at the start of the period
16,496,483 17,099,512
Funds at the end of the period 14,286,393 15,439,846
Zusammensetzung Finanzmittelfond
-
Cash and cash equivalent
9,323,259 729,863
-
Securities
4,963,135 14,709,983
antwerpes ag DocCheck DocCheck Shop Holding
30/09/2007 30/09/2006 30/09/2007 30/09/2006 30/09/2007 30/09/2006 30/09/2007 30/09/2006
Net sales for the divisions 4,497,329 4,908,065 2,372,547 1,772,341 3,693,984 3,109,318 2,203,143 1,947,407
Sales to external partners 4,411,787 4,855,093 2,163,262 1,593,711 3,681,695 2,984,092 16,261 1,032
Sales to other Divisions 85,542 52,972 209,284 178,630 12,289 125,226 2,186,882 1,946,375
EBIT 437,543 770,403 -228,976 -232,355 -180,194 46,105 50,370 32,016
Result before taxes on earnings 437,608 770,346 -235,842 -232,272 -181,646 49,588 447,839 395,447
Total assets 2,833,828 1,877,278 2,365,891 1,577,354 2,175,859 1,741,241 23,340,117 16,663,709
Total liabilities 2,416,331 1,425,696 2,042,559 423,452 1,354,785 469,727 1,791,734 424,138
Depreciation of tangible fi xed assets 16,704 19,517 28,498 31,076 27,119 26,369 267,538 230,372
Investments 10,613 14,855 26,613 19,192 6,767 27,957 550,157 123,017
Employees 50 46 25 23 33 33 13 11

9 Divisional Reporting as at 30/09/2007

For the fi rst quarter's fi nancial statements in 2007 the Divisions were broken down further by DocCheck AG. The DocCheck, Commerce und Logistik Division is divided up into the DocCheck and DocCheck Shop Divisions.

The sales of DocCheck Medical Services GmbH, DocCheck TV GmbH, medizinstudent.de GmbH and medicalpicture GmbH are combined in the DocCheck Division. These participating interests of DocCheck AG represent the Group's portal business.

DocCheck Medizinbedarf und Logistik GmbH in Stuttgart and its subsidiaries in Leipzig and Essen constitute the DocCheck Shop Division. This Division represents the trading business.

The antwerpes Division consists of antwerpes ag with its locations in Cologne and Basle and contains the sales from the agency business.

The segment, Holding, incorporates the whole of the administrative and service Division of DocCheck AG. Since the activities of these 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. Total assets include the fi xed assets, the current assets and the prepaid expenses and deferred charges.

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10 Statement of Changes in Equity Capital

Statement of capital and reserves in accordance with IAS 1 Subsections 96-101 (in euro)

Subscribed
capital
Capital
reserve
Statutory
reserve
Reserve in
accordance
with the
company's
Articles of
Association
Other
revenue
reserves
Special
revaluation
reserve
Net
earnings
Capital
adjustment
items
Own
shares
Minority
sharehol
dings
Total
Balance as at 31/12/2005 5,904,312 13,421,409 39,253 0 32,448 32,509 2,878,858 -3,245,570 -411,449 264,473 18,823,358
Additional acquisition of shares
Albert Geisslemann Medizin
bedarf GmbH Eilenburg
20,924
Revaluation of securities -71,454 -71,454
Sale of own shares -13,036 15,304 2,268
Distribution of dividends -464,345
Annual net income as at
30/09/2006
551,812 30,874 582,686
Balance as at 30/09/2006 5,904,312 13,421,409 39,253 0 32,448 -38,945 2,953,290 -3,245,570 -396,145 316,271 18,986,324
Balance as at 31/12/2006 5,904,312 13,421,409 39,253 0 32,448 -40,552 3,228,836 -3,245,570 -598,393 321,891 19,063,633
Revaluation of securities 0
Distribution of dividends -570,166 -570,166
Own shares 21,016 -392,115 -371,099
Additional acquisition of shares
medilab Essen
0
Annual net income as at
30/09/2007
279,017 -1,442 277,575
Balance as at 30/09/2007 5,904,312 13,421,409 39,253 0 32,448 -19,536 2,937,688 -3,245,570 -990,508 320,449 18,399,943

11 Shareholder structure

The shareholder structure of DocCheck AG consists of the following as at quarter end:

Share Numbers
%
Dr. Frank Antwerpes. CEO 46.92 2,770,535
Jan Antwerpes, CFO 13.72 810,087
Dr. Johannes Kersten, Supervisory Board
member of antwerpes ag
7.32 432,031
DockCheck AG 3.94 232,522
Freefl oat 28.10 1,659,137
Hermann Korte, Supervisory Board member
of antwerpes ag
0.95 56,038
Roland Ortloff, Managing Director of
DocCheck Medizinbedarf und Logistik GmbH
0.75 44,312
Tanja Antwerpes,
Director of antwerpes ag
0.41 23,933
Michael Thiess, Chairman of the
Supervisory Board
0.10 6,060
Dr. Joachim Pietzko, Member of the
Supervisory Board
0.01 866
Winfried Leimeister, Member of the
Supervisory Board
0.00 0
Helmut Rieger, eCommerce Director* 0.01 400

* The fi gure includes Helmut Rieger's wife's shares.

12 Stock Options

In accordance with the resolution passed at the Annual General Meeting on 16 May 2001, the company grants, by means of an options contract, subscription rights to certain employees regarding the acquisition of DocCheck 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 30 September 2007, 2,000 (in the previous year: 30,500) stock options had been issued. The decrease in portfolio holdings results from the maturity of share options (27,000) and the exercising of options (1,500).

Exercising a subscription right depends on whether at the time the following performance goals were met:

  • The market price of the DocCheck 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 fi ve days before the initial public offering, the initial public offering price as determined in the book-building process for the DocCheck 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 fi rst day of the respective acquisition period.
  • The employee has an employment contract with a DocCheck AG company 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 during the following periods:

  • On the respective fourth and the 19 subsequent bank working days following a DocCheck AG Ordinary Annual General Meeting.
  • On the respective fourth and the 19 subsequent bank working days following the publication of the DocCheck AG quarterly report covering the 3rd quarter of a fi nancial year.

Issued stock options balance as at 30/09/2007

Issued stock options balance as at 31/12/2006 30,500
Options granted in 2007 0
Options exercised in 2007 1,500
Options which have lapsed in 2007 27,000
Issued stock options balance as at 30/09/2007 2,000
The fi rst tranche
Issue: April 2000. issue price: 18.50 €, term: 7 years
0
The second tranche
Issue: December 2000. issue price: 15.46 €, term: 7 years
2,000
of which to employees exercisable on 30/09/2007 2,000
The third tranche
Issue: May 2002. issue price: 2.66 €, term: 7 years
0

Investor Relations DocCheck AG Tanja Mumme Corporate Communication Manager Vogelsanger Straße 66 50823 Cologne fon:+49(0)221-92053-139 fax:+49(0)221-92053-133 www.doccheck.ag