Company Announcement No. 5/2008
31 March 2008
Full Year 2007 results - Capinordic Group
Reports Net interest and fee income of DKK 298m, EBTDA of DKK 155m and Net
Profit of DKK 80.2m.
Capinordic Group (ticker symbol: CAPI:DC) March 28 2008 reported a profit before
amortisation, depreciation and tax (EBTDA) of DKK 155m, a record for the Group
and above the Company's announced expectations of DKK 150m and representing an
increase of 107% from EBTDA DKK 75m for the full year 2006.
For the full year Capinordic Group reported record Net Profit of DKK 80.2m, or
DKK 0.77 per common share, for the year ended December 31, 2007, representing
an increase of 71% and an equivalent development, respectively, from Net Profit
of DKK 46.9m, or DKK 0.77 per common share, reported for the full year 2006.
Net Profit and earnings per common share for the fourth quarter of financial
year 2007 were DKK 21.0m.
Shareholders Equity totalled DKK 2,304m, or DKK 19.38 per common share
representing an increase of 64% from shareholders equity in 2006 of DKK 1,400m,
or DKK 15.63 per common share. The Group does not have any exposure to subprime
lending or related financial products and credit risk for the Group remains
low. In addition the Group's liquidity position remains very comfortable.
During the year the Group consolidated prior year acquisitions and made several
new acquisitions with the purpose of strengthening the group's position in
asset and wealth management. With this purpose fulfilled the group is now
focussed on organic growth in these businesses.
The group is well positioned to continue its growth in 2008 and an increase in
2008 in net interest and fee income rose of about 35 per cent to the level of
DKK 410m and an increase in EBTDA of about 15 per cent, which corresponds to a
level of DKK 175m. The management are focusing on delivering a Return on Equity
of app. 15% by 2012.
Business Highlights - 2007
- Reported record Net interest and fee income, EBTDA and net profit
- The Group acquired five enterprises at a total acquisition price of DKK 788m.
In accordance with the Group's objective, the acquisitions were mainly funded
by equity in the form of increases of the share capital. The acquisitions
strengthened the Group's position in both Denmark and Sweden.
- Geographical split; for the full year Capinordic Group reported a Net
interest and fee income of DKK 240m and an EBTDA of DKK 160m for the Group's
Danish activities and DKK 58m and DKK 9m for the Groups Swedish activities.
CEO Lasse Lindblad said, "Following a series of strategic acquisitions in
2005-2007, the Capinordic Group now has to render visible the potential of the
investments and provide a satisfactory return on equity. We now focus on
strengthening the basis which is to generate our organic growth and support the
exploitation of positive synergies. The Group has a big potential for
additional earnings even merely within the Swedish activities of the Group.
Today the Capinordic Group has more than 200,000 customer agreements and sees a
highly satisfactory inflow every month, the focus in 2008-2009 being on
realising the potential of increased earnings.”
For further information, please contact:
Lasse Lindblad, CEO
+45 8816 3000
+45 4094 0708
info@capinordic.com
