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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 |
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| 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.
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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.
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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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| € | € | € | € | € | € | € | € | |
| 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