Acquisition of H. Schomäcker GmbH, business development
SECANDA AG (formerly InterCard, new stock exchange symbol SC8) has acquired 100% of the shares in H. Schomäcker GmbH, based in Cologne. For many years, H. Schomäcker GmbH has been by far the most important market companion of InterCard GmbH Kartensysteme in the market for universities, colleges and student unions in Germany. InterCard already had a market share of more than 80% here before the acquisition.
The merger is to the advantage of our customers. With my.Authent, Schomäcker has launched a new smart card and identification system parallel to our SECANDA system. Together we will offer our customers the best of both in the future.
We have been using Schomäcker’s Q Pilot print management system in our own smart card systems for years. Against this background, this area ideally complements SECANDA’s activities.
In addition, H. Schomäcker GmbH has developed innovations in the field of access control with my.Ki, which will support our Physical Access division in accelerating growth in this area.
Schomäcker strengthens the SECANDA team by a total of 17 employees. The numerous innovations of recent years, especially in the area of modern software products, show a more than impressive track record. All the more so when measured against the size of the company. We are very pleased that we were able to win such a highly qualified team for SECANDA and look forward to working with them.
H. Schomäcker GmbH is expected to contribute about 2 million euros to the group turnover in a full financial year. Furthermore, we expect considerable synergies and effects from the new joint market position of both companies.
SECANDA AG continues to operate clearly profitably with group sales at the previous year’s level. Bottlenecks in resources and parts in particular had recently prevented stronger growth.
IR Contact
Gerson Riesle
SECANDA AG
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E-mail: investor.relations@secanda.com
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The documents provided on this website contain statements related to our future business and financial performance and future events or developments involving SECANDA Group that may constitute forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by words such as “expect,” “look forward to,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “estimate,” “will,” “project” or words of similar meaning.
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We may also make forward- looking statements in other reports, in prospectuses, in presentations, in material delivered to shareholders and in press releases. In addition, our representatives may from time to time make oral forward- looking statements. Such statements are based on the current expectations and certain assumptions of SECANDA’s management, of which many are beyond SECANDA’s control. These are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and factors, including, but not limited to, those described in disclosures, in particular in the chapter Report on expected developments and associated material opportunities and risks in the Annual Report and in the Half-year Financial Report, which should be read in conjunction with the Annual Report. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, events of force majeure, such as pandemics, occur or should decisions, assessments or requirements of regulatory authorities deviate from our expectations, or should underlying expectations including future events occur at a later date or not at all or assumptions prove incorrect, actual results, performance or achievements of SECANDA may (negatively or positively) vary materially from those described explicitly or implicitly in the relevant forward-looking statement. SECANDA neither intends, nor assumes any obligation, to update or revise these forward-looking statements in light of developments which differ from those anticipated.
All documents are available as an English translation; in the event of discrepancies, the German version of the document takes precedence over the English translation. For technical reasons, there may be discrepancies between the accounting documents contained in this document and those published due to legal requirements.
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