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YOC AG:
27.07.2012 / 08:00
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Financial year 2012
YOC Group reports preliminary key figures for the 2nd quarter 2012
Berlin, 27 July 2012 - According to preliminary calculations YOC Group
generated sales amounting to around EUR 9.2 million
(Q2/2011: EUR 7.6 million; Q1/2012: EUR 8.4 million) and EBITDA amounting
to EUR -0.5 million (Q2/2011: EUR -0.4 million; Q1/2012: EUR -0.9 million)
in the second quarter 2012. Thus, sales increased by 10% in comparison with
the previous quarter and come along with an improvement of earnings.
Therefore, YOC Group is expected to close the first half-year 2012 with
sales amounting to EUR 17.5 million and EBITDA totalling EUR -1.4 million.
The strategic business focus on the core product FIT Technology and its
implementation as well as the simplification of structures and optimisation
of processes led to the planned profitability increase in the Mobile
Technology segment, which has been operating under the company name
Sevenval since the beginning of the year. According to preliminary
calculations, sales totalled EUR 3.6 million (Q2/2011: EUR 2.7 million;
Q1/2012: EUR 3.4 million) and EBITDA amounted to EUR 0.5 million (Q2/2011:
EUR -0,1 million; Q1/2012: EUR 0.3 million) in the second quarter 2012. The
share of licence revenues in the segment sales amounts to 25%.
The company won numerous new customers and expanded the existing customer
business in the past six months. Mercedes-Benz, for example, extended its
cooperation with Sevenval from the European to the Asian market in this
context. 'With the recently launched version 12.0 of the FIT software, we
provide significant further developments in the field of web performance,
transaction security and usability' states Jan Webering, Member of the
Board of YOC AG and Managing Director of Sevenval GmbH. 'Due to the strong
demand and unique performance features of our FIT Technology, we expect
Sevenval to continue its positive development.'
In the first quarter of 2012 centralised global functions for the scaling
and standardised expansion of the business were established in the Media
segment. The respective expenses are being contained in the cost structure
from the first quarter 2012. In the second quarter sales in the Media
segment amounted to an estimated EUR 5.6 million (Q2/2011: EUR 4.9 million;
Q1/2012: EUR 5.0 million) and EBITDA to EUR -0.4 million (Q2/2011: EUR 0,7
million; Q1/2012: EUR -0.5 million).
At the same time, YOC pushed ahead the international market for Mobile
Advertising with new technologies and products. Thus, for example, the
Mobile Advertising formats YOC Roadblock, YOC Pre Roll and YOC Advantage
were successfully placed on the market. The rich media advertising product
YOC Mystery Ad was awarded a prize by the jury of this year's Cannes Lion
International Advertising Festival: YOC received the Golden Lion in the new
category Mobile. Moreover, the company could further expand the
international publisher portfolio in the first half-year 2012. In addition
to the continuation of long-standing partnerships with OMS, The Sun,
Eurosport or MTV, premium publishers such as N24, goFeminin, Cosmopolitan,
news.at and Rue89 were included in the portfolio.
'We expect a continued positive sales and earnings trend for the second
half-year. The third quarter, marked by the weaker summer months, will be
followed by a strong 4th quarter that is also accelerated by the Christmas
business', says Dirk Kraus, CEO of YOC AG, on the development of the
company in the second half-year 2012.
The report on the first half-year 2012 of YOC AG will be published on 13
August 2012.
For more information about the company please go to www.yoc.com
Contact
YOC AG
Investor Relations
Christina von Grauvogl
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 1
10178 Berlin
Phone: +49-30-726162-205
Fax: +49-30-726162-222
ir(at)yoc.com
YOC - About YOC Group
YOC is one of the globally leading companies in the mobile technology and
media industry. YOC's mobile technology business unit (Sevenval) issues,
licenses and implements YOC software products for the creation of mobile
Internet portals and integrated mobile marketing campaigns, as well as
platforms for CRM, mobile commerce and mobile banking, that comply with the
highest security standards. YOC's Media business unit (Mobile Advertising
and Affiliate Marketing) comprises the marketing of wide-reaching
media-packages and rich media advertising formats for targeted end
efficient mobile advertising. Several of the world's top brands (e.g.
Coca-Cola, Mercedes-Benz, Motorola, Waitrose, Ford and Swiss Airlines)
trust on YOC's products, the company's technological expertise and
innovative power. In 2011 YOC's turnover reached EUR 33.3 million. YOC
foresees an ongoing international growth and currently has more than 220
employees in six offices located in six countries in Europe.
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Language: English
Company: YOC AG
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 1
10178 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)30-72 61 62 205
Fax: +49 (0)30-72 61 62 222
E-mail: christina.vongrauvogl(at)yoc.com
Internet: www.yoc.com
ISIN: DE0005932735
WKN: 593273
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart
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