Quarterly Report • May 19, 2008
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Dear Stockholders,
The year 2008 again started on a positive note and was characterized by activities in large projects and interesting and large new projects in addition to increasing business figures. In the middle of numerous stages of supplying and developing projects, in which we have to prove ourselves, this is an outstanding intermediate result for the current year.
A large number of software operation startups at customers' and supply of new modules are currently underway, so that our capacities are being used to the full. The new financial accounting solution, the revised nursing solution, the new NEXUS intensive care module and medication are essential development projects, which are being implemented almost parallel in customer installations at this time. We are currently focusing our work on the challenge to provide innovations at the right time and at the same time to enable smooth operation startup of new projects.
A high degree of innovation dynamics and focusing on the new projects are undoubtedly the clear and communicated objectives of NEXUS AG. This is the way to get substantially closer to our long-term goal of achieving a greatly expanded presence on the market with NEXUS products.
NEXUS set the goal last year to bet consistently on innovation and increased sales by 2008 and only secondly in improved profits.
We have implemented this strategy over the past years with great determination and have surpassed our targets for the most part.
We have made a lot of progress on this path over the past year and will use 2008 to complete our new product generation and make preliminary investments in the large projects to bring them up to the planned level and the level that customers expect.
We are very pleased that we have also been able to fulfill short-term expectations within the framework of this long-term strategy and have surpassed our targets in the first quarter. We have already succeeded in the first quarter in earning a substantial contribution to our annual goal. It is especially important that we have been able to continue the positive development of our business of the past eight years uninterrupted.
Sales increased from EUR 6.3 million to EUR 7.4 million (18%) during the first three months. As expected, the Healthcare Software Division developed strongly and recorded sales of 6.4 million with an increase of 23%.
The operating result before taxes developed slightly positively in the first quarter. The result before taxes could be improved from KEUR 383 to KEUR 376 (+2%). After taxes, there was also a slight improvement in the result (KEUR 378 following KEUR 374). We again surpassed the strong figures of the previous year in sales and result before taxes. We are proud of this result.
The balance relations have not changed essentially compared to Dec. 31, 2007. Receivables remain high and will only decrease during the course of 2008. Cash reserves also remain high at 12.1 million EUR and ensure the long-term development of the company.
In the currently tense situation of our capacities, the good start in the first quarter is a sign that makes us confident that we will achieve our goals in 2008. We have substantial milestones to achieve in the projects and the completion of our development generation by the end of the year, on which we have to concentrate using all our forces. We also have to pursue the continuation of the on-going improvements in business results of the past eight years parallel to this as an essential goal.
Today, we are convinced more than ever that it is possible to develop an internationally successful product and present continually increasing business figures at the same time. This is undoubtedly a challenge, but also an incentive that drives us forward.
Sincerely
Dr. Ingo Behrendt CEO - NEXUS AG
NEXUS Group sales increased from KEUR 6,309 to KEUR 7,412 (+17.5%) in the first six three of the year 2008. Thanks to the strong demand for medical products, the "Healthcare Software" again increased its sales by 23.3% from KEUR 5,177 to KEUR 6,383 compared to the same period of the previous year.
On the other hand, sales decreased by -9.1% from KEUR 1,132 to KEUR 1,029 in the "Healthcare Service" segment. Sales by NEXUS / HOLL and NEXUS / PASCHMANN GmbH are consolidated in the figures.
Foreign sales could not be kept at the same high level of the previous year in the first quarter.
Sales decreased in Austria, Italy and Arabic regions
due to accounting procedures, while sales in Switzerland could be kept at almost the high same level as the previous year. The share of sales outside of Germany decreased overall from 43% to 34%.
Consequently, growth stimuli in the first quarter came very clearly from national business (+37%).
| Sales by | 01/01/ - | 01/01/ - | ∆ in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| regions | 03/31/07 | 03/31/08 | % | |
| KEUR | KEUR | |||
| Germany | 3,585 | 4,900 | 36.7 | |
| Switzerland | 1,886 | 1,869 | -0.9 | |
| Austria | 360 | 255 | -29.2 | |
| Italy | 51 | 28 | -45.1 | |
| Rest of world / USA | 427 | 360 | -15.7 | |
| Total | 6,309 | 7,412 | 17.5 | |
| Sales by | 01/01/ - | 01/01/ - | ∆ in | |
| divisions | 03/31/07 | 03/31/08 | % | |
| KEUR | KEUR | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Software | 5,177 | 6,383 | 23.3 |
| Healthcare Service | 1,132 | 1,029 | -9.1 |
| Total | 6,309 | 7,412 | 17.5 |
The positive development of the operating result of last year continued during the reporting period. The Group result increased slightly by 1% to KEUR 378 (previous year: KEUR 374), and the result before taxes improved by 2% to KEUR 383 (previous year: KEUR 376).
The EBITDA increased by KEUR 151 in the first quarter 2008 (previous year: KEUR 1,117) to KEUR 1,268 (+13.5%) now.
The development of the result figures reflects the development of the company in part. Higher sales, but also a tense situation with respect to capacity, characterize this development. At the same time, substantial investments were made in the development of the market and in company integration, which are represented in their complete amount in the operating result.
The "Healthcare Software" segment achieved a result of KEUR 355 in the first three months 2008 following KEUR 348 in the same period of the previous year. The "Healthcare Service" was able to close at almost the same level as the previous year (KEUR 27) with KEUR 23.
The Group continues to have a large amount of cash funds. Cash reserves amounted to KEUR 12,120 on the cutoff date (Dec. 31, 2007: KEUR 12,071).
The number of employees increased compared to the previous year by 56 to 311 employees from now on. The buildup came exclusively from the "Healthcare Software" segment.
Modern pathology (study of disease) was founded by Professor Rudolf Virchow. That was slightly more than 100 years ago. Today, it is the basis of all tumor diagnostics and is important in a number of other areas. Almost every cancer finding is diagnosed under the microscope of a pathologist.
NEXUS / PASCHMANN realized in good time that the life cycle of software is limited. The company from Oberhausen has been working in this special segment of EDP in the healthcare system with the Pathology Application System (PAS) since 1984.
The basic concept of this software has been the basis for the business success of the company for more than 20 years – and that is a very long time for software. About four years ago, the company started to design the "pathology software of the next generation". Following careful evaluation and considerations, they decided to use the .NET-Framework of the
Microsoft® Corporation as development environment. This tool provides the most complete environment for development modern software today.
Following an intensive product planning phase, frequent discussions with customers and users, and a lot of programming, test and documentation work, the first pathology institute was able to use this new system in everyday work two and onehalf years later. You can find an article about this at www.pathologie-news.de.
with software using new .NET-Technology
Modern graphic user interfaces, high-performance databases with effective research tools, scanning systems with automatic optical character recognition (OCR), digital dictating with automatic voice recognition, linking of complex laboratory machines, integration of virtual microscopy – these are only a few catchwords, which give you an idea of the scope of performance of the new product.
High-tech in the healthcare system, which patients do not suspect, but which help pathologists to make clear and unambiguous diagnoses.
Since its initial use in the Pathology Ward of Trier in April 2007, many smaller and larger institutes have started working with NEXUS / PATHOLOGY – the
The Pathology Institute of Heidelberg University was equipped with the system in May 2008 – one of the biggest and most wide-reaching installations in the market of pathology software solutions.
The price of NEXUS stocks rose to a provisional high of approx. 3.30 € at the beginning of the year. The price declined sharply to 3.00 € in the middle of March. The published year-end report 2007 with very positive results at the end of March could only keep the price level at slightly above 3.00 € for a short time. From the middle of April until the middle of May, the price fell to approx. 2.70 €. with intermediate lateral movements around 3.00 €, whereof the price picked back up and right before publishing the Q1-2008 Report price increased to 2.80 €.
| Finance schedule | |
|---|---|
| General stockholders meeting, Stuttgart (D) | June 16th |
| Half-year Report | August 18th |
| German equity forum, Frankfurt (D) | 10 - 12 November |
| Quarterly Report - third quarter | November 10th |
| eHealthcare Congress, Nottwil (CH) | 24 - 25 September |
|---|---|
| Dreiländertreffen, Davos (CH) | 24 - 27 September |
| IFAS, Zürich (CH) | 28 - 31 October |
| MEDICA, Düsseldorf (D) | 19 - 22 November |
| KTQ-Forum, Berlin (D) | November 24th |
| DGPPN, Berlin (D) | 26 - 29 November |
The Director's Holdings of the supervisory board and the executive board were as follows on March 31, 2008 in comparison to the previous year:
The development in the first quarter represents good news with an increase in sales in the software sector of 23% and Group sales increases of 18%. This also applies to the EBITDA development of +13.5%. This should also be seen against the background of the ambitious goals of the previous year.
The only slightly increased revenues before taxes are still proof of stable earning power and exceed this year's planning for the first quarter. In the current year, we have to complete work on our new product generation and make preliminary investments in the large projects to bring them up to the planned level and the level that customers expect. This will make it possible for us in the following periods to provide our customers and end users in hospitals with our software more quickly and at less expense.
| Directors Holdings | Numbers of stocks owned |
Numbers of options |
|---|---|---|
| Supervisory Board | ||
| Dr. jur. Hans-Joachim König | 81,099 | 0 |
| Prev. year: 81,099 | Previous year: 0 | |
| Prof. Dr. Alexander Pocsay | 0 | 0 |
| Previous year: 0 | Previous year: 0 | |
| Ronny Dransfeld | 0 | 0 |
| Previous year: 0 | Previous year: 0 | |
| Prof. Dr. Ulrich Krystek | 0 | 0 |
| Previous year: 0 | Previous year: 0 | |
| Dipl.-Betriebsw. (FH) Wolfgang Dörflinger |
0 | 0 |
| Previous year: 0 | Previous year: 0 | |
| Dr. Dietmar Kubis | 0 | 0 |
| Previous year: 0 | Previous year: 0 | |
| Executive Board | ||
| Dr. Ingo Behrendt (MBA) | 82,000 | 325,000 |
| Prev. year: 82,000 | Prev. year: 355,000 | |
| Dipl.-Betriebsw. (FH) Stefan Burkart | 116,147 | 15,000 |
| Prev. year: 116,147 | Prev. year: 15,000 |
There remain substantial challenges to do all of this, which require our complete concentration in 2008. In addition, we have to integrate the acquired companies organizationally to a greater extent into NEXUS; this is also a task to which we also have to dedicate ourselves intensively in 2008.
These are challenges, which we are glad to face. We are enthusiastic about the dynamics of our development and see outstanding potential above all in our market position, our product portfolio and large number of customers in the meantime to continue to have dynamic growth and earning power in the future too.
This interim report from the NEXUS Group of March 31, 2008 has been prepared in keeping with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as they are applied in the EU. The interpretation of the International Financial Reporting Interpretation Committee (IFRIC) has been taken into account.
The regulations of IAS 34 have been observed in the interim report of March 31, 2008. This refers to a summarized report, which does not contain all information of an IFRS Group Financial Statement, and consequently this report should be read in connection with the Appendix of the Group Financial Statement 2007. The same accounting and valuation methods were used in the Group Financial Statement for the business year 2007.
The report has not been audited.
| Consolidated Profit and L oss Acc ount |
01/01/ - 03/31/07 |
01/01/ - 03/31/08 |
|---|---|---|
| KEUR | KEUR | |
| 1. Revenue | 6,309 | 7,412 |
| 2. Increase / decrease in finished goods and work in progress | 232 | -33 |
| 3. Other capitalized company work | 856 | 945 |
| 4. Other operating income | 286 | 336 |
| 5. Cost of materials | 1,462 | 1,470 |
| a) Cost of raw materials and supplies | 1,346 | 1,073 |
| b) Cost for purchased services | 116 | 397 |
| 6. Personnel expenses | 3,844 | 4,688 |
| a) Wages and salaries | 3,281 | 4,003 |
| b) Social costs | 563 | 685 |
| 7. Depreciation and amortization of fixed intangible and tangible assets |
998 | 1,084 |
| 8. Other operating expenses | 1,234 | 1,237 |
| a) Cost of operation | 347 | 411 |
| b) Cost of distribution | 283 | 301 |
| c) Cost of administration | 543 | 485 |
| d) Other expenses | 61 | 40 |
| 9. Other taxes | 3 | 3 |
| OPERATING INCOME | 142 | 178 |
| 10. Expenses from associated companies | 0 | 3 |
| 11. Other interest and similar income | 236 | 235 |
| 12. Revenue from associated companies | 2 | 33 |
| PROFIT BEFORE TAX | 376 | 383 |
| 13. Income taxes | -2 | -5 |
| ANNUAL NET PROFIT | 374 | 378 |
| Are attributable to: | ||
| Stockholders of parent company | 351 | 357 |
| Minority interest | 23 | 21 |
| Weighted average of issued shares (in thousands) | 13,748 | 13,805 |
| RESULT PER SHARE IN EUR (DILUTED AND UNDILUTED) | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Balance she Et as of 09/30/2007 (IFRS) asse ts |
12/31/2007 | 03/31/2008 |
|---|---|---|
| KEUR | KEUR | |
| long -term capital |
||
| I, Intangible assets | ||
| 1, Concessions / licenses | 216 | 212 |
| 2. Goodwill | 10,586 | 10,679 |
| 3. Development costs | 8,888 | 9,021 |
| 4. Customer Base / Technology | 3,341 | 3,353 |
| II. Property, plant and equipment | ||
| 1. Tenant installations | 25 | 24 |
| 2. Other equipment, factory and office equipment | 984 | 1,015 |
| III. Financial assets | ||
| 1. Investments in associates | 48 | 48 |
| 2. Other loans | 95 | 98 |
| IV. Deferred taxes | 3,899 | 3,804 |
| Total long -term capital |
28,082 | 28,254 |
| Short -term capital |
||
| I. Inventories | ||
| 1. Raw materials and supplies | 74 | 74 |
| 2. Work in progress | 121 | 92 |
| 3. Finished goods | 121 | 121 |
| 4. Down payment made | – | 4 |
| II. Receivables and other assets | ||
| 1. Trade receivables | 10,099 | 11,561 |
| 2. Receivables from associated companies | 53 | 27 |
| 3. Other assets | 2,557 | 2,757 |
| 4. Tax refund claims | 432 | 522 |
| III. Securities | 9,681 | 9,192 |
| IV. Cash and cash equivalents | 2,390 | 2,928 |
| Total Short -term capital |
26,072 | 27,846 |
| Total Assets |
54,154 | 56,100 |
| Balance shee t as of 03/31/2008 (IFRS) Equity and liabilities |
12/31/2007 | 03/31/2008 |
|---|---|---|
| KEUR | KEUR | |
| Equity | ||
| I. Subscribed capital | 13,805 | 13,805 |
| II. Capital reserve | 39,372 | 39,401 |
| III. Other reserves | - | - |
| IV. Equity capital difference from currency translation | 10 | 121 |
| V. Valuation reserve for financial instruments | -383 | -679 |
| VI. Reserve for pensions | -89 | -75 |
| VII. Loss carry-forward | -10,666 | -9,503 |
| VIII. Annual net profit | 1,163 | 357 |
| IX. Own Shares | - | -26 |
| Equity capital attributable to stockholders of the parent company |
43,186 | 43,401 |
| Minority interest | 320 | 341 |
| Total Equity |
43,506 | 43,742 |
| Long -term liabilities |
||
| I. Pension provisions | 545 | 502 |
| II. Other provisions | 1,529 | 1,643 |
| Total long -term liabilities |
2,074 | 2,145 |
| Short -term liabilities |
||
| I. Tax provisions | 590 | 477 |
| II. Other provisions | 185 | 52 |
| III. Bank loans | 1,182 | 1,311 |
| IV. Received payments or orders | 2,500 | 2,011 |
| V. Trade accounts payable | 22 | 14 |
| VI. Liabilities with associated companies | 804 | 804 |
| VII. Other liabilities | 3,291 | 5,544 |
| Total Short -term liabilities |
8,574 | 10,213 |
| Total equity and liabilities |
54,154 | 56,100 |
| Cash Flow |
2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| KEUR | KEUR | |
| 1, Cash Flow from operating activities |
||
| Profit before minority interest and before tax | 376 | 378 |
| Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets and plant, equipment and other fixed assets |
998 | 1,084 |
| Other expenses / income with no impact on cash | 0 | 111 |
| Profit / loss from disposal of long term capital | -92 | 0 |
| Profit / loss from disposal of securities | 1 | 2 |
| Increase / decrease in inventories | -337 | 25 |
| Increase / decrease in trade receivables and other assets that cannot be allocated to investing or financing activities |
-701 | -1,657 |
| Changes in provision not included in equity | -142 | -144 |
| Increase / decrease in trade accounts payable and other liabilities that cannot be allocated to investing or financing activities |
568 | 1,842 |
| Interest paid | -2 | -32 |
| Interest payments received | 234 | 152 |
| Income taxes paid | -69 | -96 |
| Income taxes received | 0 | 6 |
| 834 | 1,671 | |
| 2. Cash Flow from financing activities |
||
| Cash paid for investments in property, plant and equipment / intangible assets | -856 | -1,351 |
| Purchase of subsidiaries after deduction of acquired payment means | 203 | 0 |
| Cash received from disposal of securities | 0 | 299 |
| Cash paid for investments in scurities | 0 | 0 |
| -653 | -1,052 | |
| 3. Cash Flow from financing activities |
||
| Cash received for equity | 166 | 0 |
| Amount paid out for redeeming loans | -43 | -133 |
| Purchase common shares | 0 | 0 |
| 123 | -133 | |
| 4. Cash and cash equivalents at end of fiscal year |
||
| Cash-relevant changes in cash and cash equivalents (sum of 1 + 2 + 3) | 304 | 486 |
| Change in currency translation adjustment | 0 | 0 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of fiscal year | 2,755 | 2,390 |
| 3,059 | 2,876 | |
| 5. Composition of cash and cash equivalents |
||
| Cash on hand | 3,059 | 2,928 |
| Bank liabilities due on demand | 0 | -52 |
| 3,059 | 2,876 |
| de velopme nt of group e quity |
capital ubscribed S |
reserves apital C |
provisions ther O |
from conversion diference curency quity E |
financial nstruments for eserve R I |
pensions for eserve R |
loss forward onsolidated carry C |
profit onsolidated deficit / C |
hares wn S O |
company to attributable parent cap , of stockh, quity E |
interest inority M |
equity otal T |
capital uthorized A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEUR | KEUR | KEUR | KEUR | KEUR | KEUR | KEUR | KEUR | KEUR | KEUR | KEUR | KEUR | KEUR | |
| Consolidated equity as of 31 December 2006 |
13,720 | 39,131 | 1 | 8 | -94 | -126 | -11,370 | 704 | 41,974 | 286 | 42,260 | 6,860 | |
| Transfer of 2006 consolidated loss to consolidated loss carry-forward |
704 | -704 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total income entered directly in equity capital |
-6 | -86 | 4 | -88 | -88 | ||||||||
| Profit before tax 03/31/2007 | 351 | 351 | 23 | 374 | |||||||||
| Overall Result of the Period |
0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | -86 | 4 | 0 | 351 | 263 | 23 | 286 | ||
| Edition of equity options to employees |
85 | 81 | 166 | 166 | |||||||||
| Stock-based payment | 42 | 42 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Consolidated equity as of 31 March 2007 |
13,805 | 39,254 | 1 | 2 | -180 | -122 | -10,666 | 351 | 0 | 42,445 | 309 | 42,754 | 6,860 |
| Consolidated equity as of 31 December 2007 |
13,805 | 39,372 | 0 | 10 | -383 | -89 | -10,666 | 1,163 | -26 | 43,186 | 320 | 43,506 | 6,860 |
| Profit before tax 2007 entered directly in accumulated deficit |
1,163 | -1,163 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total income entered directly in equity capital |
111 | -296 | 14 | -171 | -171 | ||||||||
| Profit before tax 03/31/2008 | 357 | 357 | 21 | 378 | |||||||||
| Overall Result of the Period |
0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | -296 | 14 | 0 | 357 | 186 | 21 | 207 | ||
| Stock-based payment | 29 | 29 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Consolidated equity as of 31 March 2008 |
13,805 | 39,401 | 0 | 121 | -679 | -75 | -9,503 | 357 | -26 | 43,401 | 341 | 43,742 | 6,860 |
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To the best of our knowledge, and in accordance with the applicable reporting principles for interim financial reporting, the interim consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view ot the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group, and the interim management report of the group includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the group, together with a description ot the principal opportunities and risks associated with the expected development of the group for the remaining months of the financial year.
Villingen-Schwenningen, March 19th, 2008
NEXUS AG Executive Board
NEXUS AG, Auf der Steig 6, D-78052 Villingen-Schwenningen Telefon +49 (0)7721 8482 -0, Fax +49 (0)7721 8482-888 www.nexus-ag.de, [email protected]
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