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DocCheck AG Interim / Quarterly Report 2007

Aug 30, 2007

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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Half-yearly Report

1 Overview

Quick Figures

  • 10% increase in sales on a half-yearly basis
  • Operating result (EBIT) -67 thousand euro in the fi rst half of the year
  • 1 cent profi t per share
  • 14.9 million euro in liquid assets as at 30 June 2007

Highlights

  • Internationalisation: Successful DocCheck Roadshow in France
  • Paid content: DocCheck Pro acquires fi ve new Content partners and records increasing user fi gures
  • Acquiring new budgets: antwerpes + partner acquires three new budgets in the Sales Force Effectiveness Unit
  • Product Development: First ever medical social network with DocCheck Faces
  • Successful Annual General Meeting on 28 June in Cologne
  • Dividend payment : 10 cent dividend per share

Company in brief

DocCheck AG has specialised in the growth market of healthcare. The agency, portal and trading business is operated under the two brand names DocCheck and antwerpes + partner. In 2006 the Group, with about 120 employees in Cologne, Basle and Stuttgart, 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
15 November 2007 Nine-month Report
12 – 14 November 2007 Analysts' meeting at the equity
capital forum in Frankfurt/Main
Quarterly Report 01/04/2007-
30/06/2007
01/04/2006-
30/06/2006
Variance
%
Sales 3,462,340 3,023,430 15
of which antwerpes + partner 1,313,738 1,387,841 -5
of which DocCheck 699,293 562,820 24
of which DocCheck Shop 1,478,506 1,072,702 38
Overall performance 3,463,600 3,134,744 10
EBITDA 12,864 184,747 -93
EBIT -105,442 86,543 > -100
Consolidated annual net income -30,917 91,518 > -100
Annual net income per share 0.00 0.02 -100
Liquid assets/securities 14,922,953 15,952,222 -6
Number of employees as at
30/06
111 95 17

Indicators (position as at 30/06/2007)

3 months' shares chart

* Closing prices according to Xetra

Share facts

ISIN: DE0005471007 Segment: Prime Standard
Reuters: ANWG.G Sector: Software
Bloomberg: AJ9 Price (29/06): 4.30 euro
Internet: www.doccheck.ag Tech-AS: 1128.05 euro
High/Low 2nd Quarter: 5.28/4.20 Number of
shares:
5.90 million

July

Market capitalisation as at 29/06/2007: 25.39 million euro

Shareholder structure

Shareholders: expressed as a percentage
Dr. Frank Antwerpes 46.92
Jan Antwerpes 13.72
Dr. Johannes Kersten 7.32
DocCheck AG 3.43
Free Float 28.61
Half-yearly Report 01/01/2007-
01/01/2006-
30/06/2007
30/06/2006
Variance
%
Sales 6,754,741 6,164,817 10
of which antwerpes + partner 2,954,709 3,146,738 -6
of which DocCheck 1,437,083 1,115,967 29
of which DocCheck Shop 2,377,841 1,901,470 25
Overall performance 6,732,585 6,327,398 6
EBITDA 165,806 615,160 -73
EBIT -67,375 414,860 > -100
Consolidated annual net income 40,445 377,669 -89
Annual net income per share 0.01 0.07 -81
Liquid assets/securities 14,922,953 15,952,222 -6
Number of employees as at
30/06
111 95 17

2 Interim Management Report

DocCheck Division

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

DocCheck is constantly developing these services further to enable transactions between the user and the industry. Online market research, eMedia, Customer Relationship Management, IP-TV and paid content are currently the key business models.

Sales and Income Report DocCheck Division

In the second quarter the portal business continued to benefi t from the increased budgets in research and service development which have been in place since the start of the year. The Division increased sales to 0.8 million euro refl ecting a rise of 15 per cent. In the second quarter development work focused on the establishment of the service "DocCheck Faces". This social network software consistently develops the services around the user potential of the portal. DocCheck Faces is oriented towards the well-known Web 2.0 Networks but is consciously focused on the medical profession. It can be used as a professional web-based business card or for networking, such as for example: bringing together groups of experts or raising consultation questions. After the start of the fi nal service in the third quarter of this year, the service will be expanded regularly in the future to introduce special functions for medical professions. Overall the investments in internationalisation and in the R & D Division resulted in the Division recording a negative result of -124 thousand euro in the past quarter.

DocCheck Shop Division

DocCheck Shop represents trading 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 65 thousand customers. The plan is to acquire additional sales locations.

Sales and Income Report DocCheck Shop

Thanks to the consolidation of the Leipzig and Essen locations, DocCheck Shop recorded an increase in sales of 49 per cent in the last quarter and achieved sales totalling 1.5 million euro. The Division's result continued to be negative in the second quarter (-31 thousand euro) due to the integration costs of the new location in Essen.

antwerpes + partner Division

antwerpes + partner ag 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 expertise in traditional and digital communications enable antwerpes + partner to work for customers on a cross-media basis and to implement multi-channel strategies. It is this all-embracing approach – the offer of integrated communications – which secures the agency's market position on a long-term basis as one of the Top Five owner-managed healthcare agencies. Current studies show that agencies should focus future development on the intelligent networking of communications technologies.1

Sales and Income Report antwerpes + partner

As already announced when the fi gures were published for the 1st quarter, some customers had reduced their marketing expenditure at the beginning of the year as a result of the changes to the prevailing statutory conditions caused by major health care reforms and the ensuing slight decline in the pharmaceutical market. As expected, sales in the agency business subsequently dropped by 3 per cent to 1.3 million euro in the 2nd quarter. The Division's result turned out to be negative (-19 thousand euro).

At the beginning of the third quarter the level of new incoming orders clearly changed. The Sales Force Effectiveness Unit, which was only set up in the second quarter, was able to enter new budgets in the books. Also business within the PR Unit clearly increased. As a matter of priority, budgets were acquired which covered the customers' integrated communications requirements.

3 Opportunities and Risks Report

Opportunities and risks for DocCheck Division

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, the 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 the portal business. 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 eCommerce 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 thousand million euro. For 2010 sales are expected to be up to 636 thousand million euro2 .

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. Currently the Internet presence of the Shop is being completely revised and the range of products offered is focusing on medical supplies for doctors.

Opportunities and risks for antwerpes + partner agency business.

The major threats to 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 during 2007. On the basis of the current one year comparison from June 2006 to May 2007, this corresponds to a decline of one per cent at the current time. Sales have in fact dropped by three per cent3 . Major changes often cause market participants to be anxious initially. They are reacting to these changes in a subdued manner. So are our customers. Marketing budgets were reduced at the start of the year. This results in a drop in sales in the agency business.

Since May however the markets are becoming more positive again. When compared to the previous month, the pharmaceutical market is nevertheless showing a growth rate of six per cent. On the basis of this development, DocCheck is hoping that, for the year as a whole, the marketing managers will abandon their restrained policy when it comes to awarding budgets and will once more award marketing budgets to the agencies, albeit hesitantly.

4 Important events

External

Amendments to the prevailing legal conditions and their effect on the sales markets

As already announced when the fi rst quarter's fi gures were published, some agency customers reduced their marketing expenditure in the fi rst and second quarters due to the amendments to the prevailing statutory conditions (in this respect also see the statements made for the agency business Division).

Internal

Reelection of the Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board member Michael Thiess was reelected to serve on the Supervisory Board at the Annual General Meeting on 28 June 2007. At the ensuing Supervisory Board meeting Mr Thiess was once more confi rmed as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

Dividend

At the Annual General Meeting on 28 June 2007, a dividend payment of 10 cent per share was agreed. Therefore, DocCheck AG has paid out dividends totalling 570 thousand euro overall. So DocCheck AG once more continues its dividend policy in 2007 which has been stable since 2004.

Launch of a new share option programme

As the result of a resolution passed at the Annual General Meeting on 28 June 2007, the company was empowered to issue new share options.

5 Additional explanatory notes

Orders on hand

As at 30 June 2007 orders on hand total 2.1 million euro.

Changes to the research and development activities: Introduction of new products / Development of new markets

In the Portal Business Division the plan is to introduce the new DocCheck Faces service in the third quarter (see statements on the portal business for further information). The portal business is being internationalised further. As already described in the report for the fi rst quarter, new franchise partners were found this year for Spain and Italy.

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 3.43 per cent as at 30 June 2007. This equates to 202,654 shares out of a total of 5,904,312 issued shares. The company publishes the share buy-backs every week on its website.

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

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

6 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. As expected this has occurred. For the remaining months of the year the company agrees with the forecasts of the GWA 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 forecast for the third quarter is positive given the marked increase in incoming orders in the agency business. A series of new budgets were acquired. 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 third quarter.

7 Balance Sheet Oath

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 June 2007

Signed Dr. Frank Antwerpes Signed Jan Antwerpes Signed Helmut Rieger

Interim fi nancial statements

8 Balance Sheet

Consolidated Balance Sheet in accordance with IFRS

Assets 01/01/2007-
30/06/2007
01/01/2006-
31/12/2006
Short-term assets
Liquid assets, cash, cash at bank, cheques 4,974,038 4,048,223
Current-asset securities 9,948,915 12,448,260
Trade debtors 2,629,194 2,172,136
Amounts owed by group undertakings 0 0
Stocks 738,763 600,604
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges 74,545 50,681
Total short-term assets 18,365,454 19,319,903
Tangible fi xed assets 1,478,216 1,366,883
Intangible fi xed assets 132,700 130,713
Participating interests 235,259 70,804
Payments on account for fi nancial investments 0 0
Goodwill 697,617 697,617
Other assets 508,713 514,588
Deferred taxes 2,300 2,800
Total assets 21,420,259 22,103,309
Equity and liabilities 01/01/2007-
30/06/2007
01/01/2006-
31/12/2006
Short-term liabilities
Short-term loans and short-term share in long-term
loans
-989 29,775
Trade creditors 1,045,827 477,610
Payments received on account 818,934 928,500
Other provisions for liabilities and charges 629,960 625,384
Tax provisions 382,489 384,917
Deferred income and other short-term liabilities 567,019 470,927
Amounts owed to group undertakings 39,707 64,564
Total short-term liabilities 3,482,945 2,981,676
Deferred taxes 42,000 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 2,618,226 3,228,836
Revenue reserves 71,700 71,700
Capital adjustment items -3,245,570 -3,245,570
Special revaluation reserve -33,256 -40,552
Own shares -870,525 -598,393
Minority shareholdings 29,017 321,891
Total capital and reserves 17,895,314 19,063,633
Total equity and liabilities 21,420,259 22,103,309

Explanatory notes on the balance sheet

The quarterly fi nancial statement as at 30 June 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. During the 1st half of 2007, liquid assets were invested for the most part as time deposits with variable terms. The drop in liquid assets in the fi rst six 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 June 2007, the current-asset security holdings consist of a mortgage bond and a loan against promissory notes. According to IAS 39, securities falling within the category "available for sale" are to be evaluated at fair value (market price). The fair value changes 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
30/06/2007
Book value as at
30/06/2006
DocCheck Medical
Services GmbH
29,340 17,238 17,238
DocCheck Medizinbedarf
und 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
Total 1,213,929 697,617 697,617

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.

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  • 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 1st half of 2007 additional own share certifi cates totalling 58,056 were acquired. The holdings of own shares as at 30 June 2007 consist of 202,654 individual share certifi cates and account for a total of 202,654 euro of the capital stock. As at 30 June 2007 the market price was 851,146.80 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 -33 thousand euro contains the fair value changes from the current-asset securities netted out by the deferred taxes apportionable to them.

9 Group Profi t and Loss Account

Group Profit and Loss Account in accordance with IFRS 01/04/2007
- 30/06/2007
01/04/2006
- 30/06/2006
01/01/2007
- 30/06/2007
01/01/2006
- 30/06/2006
1. Sales (net) 3,462,340 3,023,430 6,754,741 6,164,817
2. Other operating income 30,720 48,335 63,511 77,921
3. Differences between opening and closing stocks of fi nished and unfi nished goods 1,260 111,314 -22,156 162,581
4. Cost of materials
a) Cost of raw materials and supplies and goods purchased for resale 932,412 889,658 1,645,526 1,630,434
b) Cost of external services 560,394 349,549 1,069,067 778,238
1,492,806 1,239,207 2,714,593 2,408,672
5. Staff costs
a) Wages and salaries 1,133,439 957,059 2,251,790 1,899,260
b) Social security contributions 178,030 164,984 367,972 316,036
1,311,469 1,122,043 2,619,762 2,215,296
6. Amortisation of intangible fi xed assets and depreciation of tangible fi xed assets 118,306 98,204 233,182 200,300
7. Other operating expenses 681,448 645,949 1,300,202 1,175,058
8. Income from participating interests 4,267 8,867 4,267 8,867
9. Operating result (EBIT) -105,442 86,543 -67,375 414,860
for information: EBITDA 12,864 184,747 165,806 615,160
10. Income from other securities and loans which form part of the fi nancial assets 0 0 0 0
11. Interest and similar income 136,742 136,471 283,554 279,410
12. Write-downs on long-term investments and current-asset securities 18,266 13,309 4,978 26,471
13. Interest and similar expenses 6,358 1,447 5,094 3,176
14. Result before tax (and minority shareholdings) 35,781 208,258 206,107 664,623
15. Personal income tax and tax on earnings 253,200 97,720 131,079 255,714
16. Other taxes 2,403 522 1,317 487
17. Result before minority shareholdings 26,593 110,017 73,711 408,422
18. Minority shareholdings 9,021 18,499 33,266 30,752
19. Consolidated annual net income 17,571 91,518 40,455 377,669
20. Net earnings per share in accordance with IAS 33 (undiluted) 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.07
21. Net earnings per share in accordance with IAS 33 (diluted) 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.06
22. Average shares currently in circulation (undiluted) 5,717,421 5,804,609 5,732,548 5,804,461
23. Average shares currently in circulation (diluted) 5,718,921 5,814,235 5,734,048 5,814,273
  • 1. Net sales are showing an increase of 10 per cent to 6,755 thousand euro when compared to the fi rst six months of the previous year (previous year: 6,165 thousand euro). The effect on results of sales not yet invoiced as at the cut-off date was 174 thousand euro (previous year: 247 thousand euro). In addition, according to IAS 11 in conjunction with IAS 18, turnover includes order projects estimated as being 485 thousand euro (previous year: 263 thousand 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. The increase in other operating expenses when compared to the same period in the previous year mainly results from trade fair and advertising costs.

  • 5. The profi t per share for the fi rst six months of 2007 was, in accordance with IAS 33 1 cent (previous year: 7 cent).

10 Statement of sources and application of funds

Statement of sources and application of
funds (in euro)
01/01/2007
- 30/06/2007
01/01/2006
- 30/06/2006
Surplus for the period before
extraordinary profi t
40,445 377,669
of which funds received from interest 283,554 279,410
of which funds paid as interest 5,094 3,176
+ Amortisation of intangible fi xed assets
and depreciation of tangible fi xed assets
233,182 200,300
+ Loss from the addition and disposal of
fi xed assets
0 2,703
+ Loss from the disposal of own shares 0 0
+/- Increase/decrease in provisions 2,148 143,652
-/+ Increase/decrease in trade debtors -457,058 -347,695
-/+ Increase/decrease in other assets 5,876 -267,662
-/+ Increase/decrease in stocks -138,160 -185,126
-/+ Increase/decrease in prepaid expenses
and deferred charges
-23,864 -29,616
+/- Increase/decrease in deferred income -11,232 137,999
-/+ Increase/decrease in deferred taxes
reported as assets
500 -25,700
-/+ Reduction/increase in deferred taxes
reported as liabilities
-35,600
+/- Increase/decrease in trade creditors and
other liabilities
248,245 -24,107
Cash fl ow from current business activities -115,918 -53,183
+/- Proceeds/outgoings for disinvestments/
investments in tangible fi xed assets,
intangible fi xed assets, participating
interests and goodwill
-609,386 -576,896
- 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 -609,386 -576,896
- Repayment of loans -28,785 -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
-256,571 22,610
Cash fl ow from fi nancing activities -855,522 -445,757
payment Change in funds to hand which affects -1,580,827 -1,075,836
+ Change in funds to hand due to
evaluation (special revaluation reserve)
7,296 -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 14,922,953 15,952,222
Composition of funds
- Cash and cash equivalent 4,974,038 1,228,784
- Securities 9,948,915 14,723,438
  • 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 half of 2007.
  • 2. The change in cash fl ow from fi nancial activities when compared to the same period in the previous year is mainly due to the acquisition of own shares in the fi rst six months of 2007 and to the payment of the increased dividend for the fi nancial year 2006 on 29 June 2007.
  • 3. Funds to hand as at 30/06/2007 contain borrowed money totalling 29 thousand euro (previous year: 28 thousand 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 14.9 million euro as at 30 June 2007 (previous year: 16.0 million euro).

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11 Divisional Reporting as at 30/06/2007

antwerpes
+ partner
1 HJ 2007
antwerpes
+ partner
1 HJ 2006
DocCheck
1 HJ 2007
DocCheck
1 HJ 2006
DocCheck Shop
1 HJ 2007
DocCheck Shop
1 HJ 2006
Holding
1 HJ 2007
Holding
1 HJ 2006
Net sales for the divisions 2,964,878 3,186,245 1,526,897 1,147,108 2,385,975 1,901,470 1,483,113 1,310,801
Sales to external parties 2,954,709 3,146,738 1,437,083 1,115,967 2,347,593 1,901,470 15,356 643
Sales to other Divisions 10,170 39,507 89,814 31,142 38,381 0 1,467,757 1,310,158
EBIT 277,160 419,085 -268,805 -99,357 -107,285 79,402 31,555 15,573
Result before taxes on earnings 277,240 419,075 -270,741 -96,038 -107,905 79,402 307,513 262,185
Total assets 1,612,561 1,975,883 962,453 1,551,693 1,903,228 1,269,681 16,027,107 16,924,195
Total liabilities 889,013 1,468,798 650,926 205,223 554,767 0 442,453 490
Depreciation of tangible fi xed assets 115,951 13,937 18,801 16,623 23,931 15,780 178,969 153,961
Investments 715 14,855 24,789 0 6,349 47,149 279,089 123,017
Employees 46 44 21 22 30 18 14 11

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 + parner Division consists of antwerpes + partner ag with its locations in Cologne and Basle and incorporates sales from the agency business.

The Holding segment 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.

12 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 in
reserve
accordance with the
company's Articles
of Association
Other
revenue
reserves
Special
Net earnings
revaluation
reserve
Capital
adjustment
items
Own
shares
Minority
shareholdings
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
Revaluation of securities -71,454 -71,454
Sale of own shares -13,036 35,646
Distribution of dividends -464,345
Annual net income as at
30/06/2005
377,669 30,752 408,423
Balance as at 30/06/2006 5,904,312 13,421,409 39,253 0 32,448 -38,945 2,779,146 -3,245,570 -375,803 295,225 18,811,476
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 7,296 -272,132 -264,836
Annual net income as at
30/06/2007
0 -40,445 -292,874 -333,319
Balance as at 30/06/2007 5,904,312 13,421,409 39,253 0 32,448 -33,256 2,618,226 -3,245,570 -870,525 29,017 17,895,312

13 Shareholder structure

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

Share Number
%
Dr. Frank Antwerpes, CEO 46.92 2,770,535
Jan Antwerpes, CFO 13.72 810,087
Dr. Johannes Kersten,
Supervisory Board member of antwerpes + partner ag
7.32 432,031
DockCheck AG 3.43 202,654
Freefl oat 28.61 1,689,005
Hermann Korte, Supervisory Board member
antwerpes + partner ag
0.95 56,038
Roland Ortloff,
Managing Director of DocCheck Medizinbedarf und
Logistik GmbH
0.75 44,312
Tanja Antwerpes, Director of antwerpes + partner 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.

14 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 June 2007, 30,500 stock options had been issued (previous year: 40,250). The reduction in the stock options portfolio is due to some employees who were entitled to subscribe having left the company.

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 30/06/2007 Issued stock options balance as at 31/12/2006 30,500 Options granted in 2007 0 Options exercised in 2007 0 Options which have lapsed in 2007 0 Issued stock options balance as at 30/06/2007 30,500 The fi rst tranche (Issue: April 2000, issue price: 18.50 €, term: 7 years) 27,000 of which to management exercisable on 30/06/2007 22,000 of which to employees exercisable on 30/06/2007 5,000 The second tranche (Issue: December 2000, issue price: 15.46 €, term: 7 years) 2,000 of which to employees exercisable on 30/06/2007 2,000 The third tranche (Issue: May 2002, issue price: 2.66 €, term: 7 years) 1,500 of which to management exercisable on 30/06/2007 1,500

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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