DGAP-News: SinnerSchrader AG / Key word(s): Quarter Results SINNERSCHRADER AG: CONVINCING START TO THE 2015/2016 FINANCIAL YEAR / EBITA TREBLED IN COMPARISON TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR / INCOMING ORDERS DOUBLED IN THE INTERACTIVE MARKETING SEGMENT 14.01.2016 / 08:19 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SinnerSchrader gets the 2015/2016 financial year off to a successful start. In the first quarter (1 September to 30 November 2015), the Group generated net revenue of 12.8 million euros, an operating result (EBITA) of a good 0.8 million euros and net income of almost 0.6 million euros. While the increase in revenue appears to be limited at 0.4 million euros or 3.3 per cent over that of the previous year, the EBITA and net income were trebled and quadrupled, respectively, in comparison to the figures for the first quarter of 2014/2015. The comparatively low growth in the quarter of the report is mainly due to the decision taken in June 2015 to withdraw from the NEXT AUDIENCE business; this caused revenue from this business to decrease by 0.5 million euros in comparison to the previous year. Without taking account of NEXT AUDIENCE business, the revenue generated by the SinnerSchrader Group in the quarter of the report increased by 8.1 per cent in comparison to the previous year. In the Interactive Marketing segment, the growth rate was already at 12.4 per cent. However, the development of revenue does not completely reflect the considerable demand for the services rendered by the SinnerSchrader Group: The volume of orders received from existing and new clients in the Interactive Marketing segment in the first quarter of 2015/2016 was about twice as high as a year earlier. In content marketing business, allocated to the Interactive Media segment, SinnerSchrader expertise has become considerably more present, and has resulted in promising enquiries. The Interactive Commerce segment was also able to report a pleasing win when it gained the e-commerce client HSE24 at the end of the quarter of the report. An amount of a good 0.1 million euros of the considerable increase in the operating result (EBITA) over the previous year was due to the gradual reduction of NEXT AUDIENCE losses. The operating result effects from the increase in revenue are enhanced by the measures implemented in the previous financial year to improve efficiency. In addition to the operating improvements, the normalisation of the tax rate, to which the steady positive development of content marketing business and the reduction of NEXT AUDIENCE losses have contributed, has an effect on net income. Earnings per share calculated from the net income generated amount to 0.05 euros for the first three months of the current financial year. As expected, the key figures for the quarter of the report did not reach the comparative figures for the preceding fourth quarter - revenue of 13.4 million euros, EBITA of 1.2 million euros and net income of 1.1 million euros. Familiar seasonal factors contributed to this development as well as a training initiative in the SinnerSchrader agency which was scheduled in the quarter of the report, and the two conferences organised by SinnerSchrader: the trend conference NEXT and the European JavaScript conference JSConf EU, in September 2015. On the basis of the development of business in the first quarter of 2015/2016, which slightly exceeded internal planning, SinnerSchrader confirms the forecast for the 2015/2016 financial year with its Annual Report published on 23 and 24 November 2015: revenue of more than 50 million euros, EBITA in the range of 5 million euros and net income of around 3 million euros, or 0.26 euros per share. With an inflow of funds of around 1 million euros, the operating cash flow highlights the positive development in the first quarter of 2015/2016. This inflow increased the amount of liquid funds over the amount as at 31 August 2015, by 0.4 million euros to 5.95 million euros, after deduction of the funds used for investments in fixed assets and for the share buy-back programme. The shareholders' equity rate reached 54.4 per cent as at 30 November 2015, an increase of 0.5 percentage points over the last balance sheet date. On 30 November 2015 the Company had 494 employees. As already announced, the Management Board and the Supervisory Board will propose the payment of a dividend of 0.12 euros per share to the Annual General Meeting to be held on 21 January 2016. The dividend will be paid from the tax deposit account, making it tax-free for private individuals with minor holdings. The full report of the SinnerSchrader Group for the first quarter of the 2015/2016 financial year can be found at https://sinnerschrader.ag/en/reports/ as of 2 p.m. CET today. ABOUT SINNERSCHRADER SinnerSchrader is one of Europe's leading digital agencies. With a focus on e-commerce, strategy and communication, SinnerSchrader offers the full range of digital agency services: conception, design, development and operation of digital platforms, mobile apps, service design, campaigns, media, analytics and audience management. SinnerSchrader stands for technological excellence. Around 500 employees - almost 200 of whom are developers - realise marketing solutions for brands such as Allianz, Beck's, comdirect bank, Hapag-Lloyd, Telefónica, TUI, Unilever and Unitymedia. SinnerSchrader was founded in 1996, went public in 1999 and has offices in Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Prague and Hanover. http://sinnerschrader.com/en PRESS CONTACT Ina Feistritzer Corporate Communications [email protected] INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT Thomas Dyckhoff CFO [email protected] SinnerSchrader Group Völckersstraße 38 22765 Hamburg T. +49. 40. 39 88 55-0 F. +49. 40. 39 88 55-55 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.01.2016 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: SinnerSchrader AG Völckersstraße 38 22765 Hamburg Germany Phone: +49 (0)40 39 88 55-0 Fax: +49 (0)40 39 88 55-55 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.sinnerschrader.com ISIN: DE0005141907 WKN: 514190 Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 429247 14.01.2016