DGAP-News: SinnerSchrader AG / Key word(s): Final Results/Quarter Results SINNERSCHRADER CLOSES 2015/2016 FINANCIAL YEAR WITH RECORD FIGURES / PROVISIONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INDICATE NET INCOME OF MORE THAN 3 MILLION EUROS / FINANCIAL DIRECTOR THOMAS DYCKHOFF APPOINTED FOR A FURTHER FIVE YEARS 18.10.2016 / 08:15 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the basis of provisional, unaudited figures from the Consolidated Annual Financial Statements, in the fourth quarter of the financial year 2015/2016 SinnerSchrader achieved revenue of around 12.9 million euros and an operating result (EBITA) of at least 1.8 million euros. The revenue was slightly below the values of the previous quarter and the same quarter of the previous year at 13.4 million euros each, whereas the EBITA improved over the previous quarter by 0.4 million euros and over the same quarter of the previous year by 0.6 million euros. Consequently, SinnerSchrader is ending the 2015/2016 financial year as a whole with record figures. On the basis of the as-yet unaudited status of the financial statements, the revenue will be more than 51 million euros, and the EBITA more than 4.5 million euros. This results in net income of more than 3.0 million euros in the year of the report, or 0.26 euros per share. SinnerSchrader is thus slightly exceeding the most recent forecast from July 2016. In comparison to the previous year's figures, with revenue of 47.7 million euros, an EBITA of 2.1 million euros and net income of 1.5 million euros, SinnerSchrader is jumping well ahead, especially in terms of profit. This was noticeably helped by the decision taken at the end of June 2015 to withdraw from NEXT AUDIENCE business, which continued to make losses. A strong operating cash flow in the order of 3.5 million euros also reflects the good business development in the year of the report. The outflows of funds for investments, the dividend payment and the share buy- back programme endowed with more than 1.2 million euros were compensated for and the amount of liquid funds was increased by a good 0.5 million euros to more than 6.0 million euros. The good development of the key figures is supplemented by the acquisition of several significant new clients. They were not yet very important in the 2015/2016 financial year, but they form the foundation for the further expansion of business in the current financial year. For example, SinnerSchrader won an international pitch encompassing several stages for the worldwide Audi digital lead agency budget. Work for the car manufacturer started in mid July 2016. In the financial year 2015/2016, SinnerSchrader, thanks to its mobile and content expertise, further convinced Hamburger Sparkasse (Haspa), Germany's largest savings bank, with a strategy for a new digital service and won the implementation project for the new financial year 2016/2017. On 31 August 2016 there were 505 employees in the SinnerSchrader Group. In comparison to the numbers on the balance sheet date of the previous year, the number of employees had thus hardly changed, despite giving up the NEXT AUDIENCE business unit. As part of dealing with the provisional figures for the Consolidated Financial Statements, the Supervisory Board appointed Thomas Dyckhoff, Finance Director of SinnerSchrader AG, to the Management Board for a further five years. The final, audited Consolidated Financial Statements for 2015/2016 will be published on 21 November 2016, together with a forecast for the new financial year of 2016/2017 and a dividend proposal for the Annual General Meeting. 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 hosting of web platforms, mobile apps, service design, campaigns, media, analytics and audience management. SinnerSchrader stands for technological excellence. 500 employees - around 200 of whom are developers - realise marketing solutions for brands such as Allianz, Audi, comdirect bank, Hapag-Lloyd, O2, TUI, Unitymedia and Volkswagen. 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 PRESS CONTACT Carmen Fesenbeck Corporate Communications [email protected] INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT Thomas Dyckhoff CFO [email protected] SinnerSchrader Aktiengesellschaft Völckersstraße 38 22765 Hamburg T. +49. 40. 39 88 55-0 F. +49. 40. 39 88 55-55 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.10.2016 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. Archive at 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, Tradegate Exchange End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 512289 18.10.2016