EquityStory AG with a strong increase in turnover and result for the 1st quarter 2007
EquityStory AG / Quarter Results/Results Forecast
30.05.2007
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The board of directors increases its prognosis for the business year 2007
Munich - 30 May 2007
EquityStory AG (ISIN: DE0005494165) started the business year 2007 very successfully. In the first three months of 2007, the company realised sales of EUR 2.000 million. This corresponds with an increase of 72 percent over the first quarter of the previous year. According to HGB, EBIT before amortization amounted to EUR .633 million, with the EBIT amounting to EUR .554 million.
EquityStory AG is striving for the preparation of the annual report 2007 according to the international financial reporting standards (IFRS). This simplifies the comparison of the results with other listed companies. The following key figures result from the balancing according to IFRS:
EBIT: EUR .634 million
Group profit: EUR .425 million
Result per share according to DVFA/SG: EUR 0.36
Above all, three factors are decisive for the good business development. First is the continued strong new customer business. In the months January to March, again 60 new customers could be won. Second is the turnover expansion based on new products in the area of notification requirement, which offers solutions for the compliance with the new laws from the Transparency Guideline Implementation Act. Third is the strong growth in the segment distribution & media.
The remaining loss carried forward has already been completely raised in the first three months. For the first time, EUR .171 million taxes on income accrued.
The board of directors increases its prognosis for the business year 2007
Based on the excellent development which has also continued in the months of April and May, the board of directors is increasing its prognosis for the entire year 2007. Henceforth we are counting on an increase in the turnover from organic growth of at least 40 percent. The EBIT will increase over-proportionally to the turnover revenue.
The board of directors will comment on the business results as of 3:00 p.m. (MET) in the telephone conference today. This will be transmitted live in the internet at www.equitystory.de.
Further notifications:
1st-quarter figures are unaudited.
About the EquityStory group of companies:
The EquityStory AG is the market leader for online investor relations in the German-speaking region, and renders extensive business services in the areas comprising reporting requirements, finance portals, audio and video broadcasts of investor events, online financial reports as well as outsourced websites for over 1,150 listed enterprises at home and abroad. The sphere of reporting requirements is bundled in the subsidiary Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ad-hoc-Publizität mbH (DGAP). The DGAP is an institution for the fulfilment of regulatory publicity for listed companies, and has been the market leader since the formation in 1996. The services encompass ad-hoc notifications, ERS, directors' dealings, WpÜG [Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act], the new notification obligations in accordance with the Transparency Directive Implementing Law as well as the dispatch of corporate news and press reports. The corporate group employs financial analysts, communications experts and software engineers, and thus has the three core competencies for online investor relations. The EquityStory concern currently has a staff of 42 and realised a turnover in the amount of 4.8 million Euros in 2006.
Contact:
EquityStory AG
Robert Wirth
Tel +49(0)89 210298-34
Fax +49(0)89 210298-49
Email robert.wirth@equitystory.de
Seitzstraße 23
80538 München
DGAP 30.05.2007
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Language: English
Issuer: EquityStory AG
Seitzstraße 23
80538 München
Deutschland
Phone: +49(0)89 210298-0
Fax: +49(0)89 210298-49
E-mail: info@equitystory.com
www: www.equitystory.de
ISIN: DE0005494165
WKN: 549416 Indices:
Listed: Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart; Entry Standard in Frankfurt
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