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Cortix: 2007-08 Annual Results: Revenues and Earnings Multiplied By 2
MERIGNAC, France, September 29 /PRNewswire/ --
- (Period From July 1st, 2007 to June 30th, 2008)
Cortix, the French Internet Site Creation Market Leader, is Announcing
28.3 Million Euros in Annual Revenues, up 98%, Combined With Stronger Growth
in its EBIT (+121%) and Net Income (+138%).
EUR'000 Jun 30, 2008(1)(2) Jun 30, 2007(2) Change Jun 30,
2007(3)
Consolidated % of revenues Pro-forma % of Consolidated/
revenues pro-forma Corporate
Revenues 28,267 14,293 +98% 14,059
Other 1,227 4.3% 1,100 7.7% 1,511
operating
income
TOTAL 29,494 15,393 +92% 15,569
OPERATING
INCOME
Purchases 1,221 4.3% 296 2.1% 174
consumed
Other 6,437 22.8% 3,690 25.8% 5,060
purchases and
external
expenses
Tax 660 2.3% 253 1.8% 252
Salaries and 15,470 54.7% 8,351 58.4% 7,537
fringe
benefits
Depreciation 1,544 5.5% 863 6.0% 490
and provisions
Other expenses 1,467 5.2% 721 5.0% 721
EBIT 2,694 9.5% 1,218 8.5% +121% 1,335
Financial -142 0.5% -27 0.2% -39
income and
expenses
INCOME FROM 2,551 9.0% 1,191 8.3% +121% 1,297
ORDINARY
OPERATIONS
BEFORE TAX
Non-recurring -218 0.8% 6 0.0% 4
income and
expenses
Corporate -640 2.3% -486 3.4% -598
income tax and
profit-sharing
CONSOLIDATED 1,693 6.0% 711 5.0% +138% 703
NET INCOME
(1) Currently being audited - (2) The consolidated and pro
forma accounts include Cortix and its subsidiaries (1st consolidation) as
well as the following companies: Gold Référencement, Proxitel Communication,
Proxitel Tunisie - (3) The parent company financial statements for Cortix SA
as presented at the end of the previous tax year.
- Excellent dynamic commercial development and strong growth in
earnings
For the financial year ended June 30th, 2008, Cortix generated
28.3 million euros in revenues, up 98%. Over FY 2007-08, Cortix took on more
than 7,300 new clients for a four-year period. The Group's excellent dynamic
commercial development has been driven by the new agencies opened and the
significant technological and design improvements achieved in terms of its
offering. Created through Cortix's R&D, all of the technologies offered
provide each client with a unique site in line with their own specific image
and requirements, harnessing the latest internet innovations.
EBIT came to 2.7 million euros, representing an operating
margin of 9.5%, up 1 point in relation to the previous year. The improvement
in profitability ratios has been combined with a major investment plan
focusing on European expansion and the production of internet sites for its
clients. Over the year, Cortix started up commercial activities in nine new
agencies outside of France and established its legal presence in seven new
countries (Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Ireland and
Italy). The strengthening of the workforce, primarily the sales force and
production, has been accompanied by a high equipment rate. Throughout the
year, Cortix also consolidated its organization and further strengthened its
management structures. At June 30th, 2008, Cortix and its subsidiaries
employed 425 people, compared with 183 the previous year (+132%).
The many challenges met illustrate the Group's good
management. In this way, Cortix has successfully accelerated its
profitability set against strong growth, while significantly ramping up its
production capacities, with the number of sites produced multiplied by 2.5
over the year.
Consolidated net income is up 138% to 1.7 million euros (6%
net margin). As announced when the first-half earnings were released, net
margin growth was clearly stepped up (+4.5 points) over the second half of
the year, confirming the business model's strength.
- Strategies and outlook for FY 2008-09
For the current financial year, Cortix is forecasting growth
of over 70%. 12 to 14 new agencies are set to be opened over FY 2008-09 in
the European countries where Cortix has already started establishing its
presence. Anticipating a tight economic environment, the Group aims to have a
flexible development and recruitment plan in order to give itself the means
to continue optimizing its profitability.
In this way, Cortix is focusing on two key strategic areas:
- Further strengthening its industrialization, and more specifically
optimizing its marketing and production processes in order to improve
productivity and processes, while harmonizing its actions;
- Developing the value of its client base, with a particular focus on the
development of loyalty and monitoring actions.
For Hassane Hamza, Cortix's Chairman and Founder: "These results are in
line with our ambitions and I am proud of my teams' achievements. This year,
we have successfully risen to a number of challenges: agency openings, the
adaptation of our offering in various European languages and the rapid
ramp-up of our production tools... We have achieved all of this while
offering a renewed, modern and aesthetic range in order to satisfy a growing
number of clients while improving our margins. For the financial year that
we started this summer, we are forecasting strong growth as well as our
continued industrialization, which notably offers the main drivers for
improving our profitability".
Since 1999, Cortix has been helping businesses to have a user-friendly,
reliable and high-performance internet site in total simplicity, thanks to
a simple packaged offering, enabling its clients to benefit from a complete
online marketing tool.
Cortix's success is founded on a complete solution, designed to make it
easier for very small businesses to open up to the internet: i simplifying
access: offering financing, hosting and referencing i simplifying creation:
effective process for designing personalized internet sites i simplifying
relations: maintenance and update contract based on an ergonomic interface.
Today, Cortix is heading up over 12,300 active internet sites, confirming
the strength of its business model: industrialization of client acquisition
and internet site production processes, optimization of costs and outsourcing
of low value-added services.
Cortix is listed on Alternext and is classed as an "innovative business"
by Oséo Anvar (eligible for innovation mutual funds). FR0010459081-ALCTX
Contacts:
Calyptus Cortix Arkeon Finance
Marie Ein Hassane Hamza Stéphane Deramaux
Financial Communication Chairman and Chief Listing sponsor
Executive Officer
T: +33-1-53-65-68-66 T: +33-892-700-655 T: +33-1-53-70-50-00
cortix@calyptus.net finance@cortix.fr






