Financial highlights
• The Company achieved record revenues in H1 2020, with a 14% increase year-on-year to €88.6 million (H1 2019: €77.9 million).
• US revenues increased 13% year-on-year to €85.0 million (H1 2019: €75.0 million), however, sales in Q2 2020 declined by 21% compared to Q1 2020. This was as a result of an unusually high sales level towards the end of Q1 2020, which is believed to have included some pre-filling of prescriptions in response to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic. The Company therefore believes that the H1 2020 results are more representative of underlying performance, than either quarter in isolation.
• In Europe and the rest of the world (RoW), revenues for H1 2020 increased 24% year-on-year to €3.6 million (H1 2019: €2.9 million), as a result of significant growth in the EU. This follows the reacquisition of commercial product rights in EU territories, effective from 1 January 2020, as well as volume increases in the EU.
• Operating profit in H1 2020 increased 31% year-on-year to €32.3 million (H1 2019: €24.6 million).
• Net profits in H1 2020 increased 33% year-on-year to €18.1 million (H1 2019: €13.6 million). Despite the decrease in US sales in Q2 2020, net profit for the quarter increased to €9.7 million from €8.4 million in Q1 2020, mainly as a result of lower financing costs following the successful convertible bond refinancing in January 2020 and continued cost control.
H1 2020
H1 2019
77.9 67.0 24.6 13.6
% Change
Income Statement
Revenues
Gross profit Operating result Net result
88.6 78.7 32.3 18.1
14% 17% 31% 33%
155.1
65.3
138%
Share Information
Earnings per share (€):
- Undiluted
- Fully diluted
0.029 0.025
0.022 0.020
32% 25%
1
• Strengthened cash position to €155.1 million as of 30 June 2020, an increase of €19 million from €136.1 million at 31 March 2020 (cash at 31 December of €68.6 million). This is a result of strong positive operational cashflows during both Q1 and Q2, from Q2 onwards also supported by lower financing costs as result of the successful convertible bond re-financing in Q1.
• The equity position improved from €104.7 million at the end of December 2019 to €127.6 million at the end of June 2020. The majority of the increase in equity is related to the net result for the first half.
• Other financial liabilities, which refers to the contingent consideration reserved for the final successful sales performance milestone of US$25 million to Bausch Health, did not increase. As a result, our estimation of the likelihood of paying this milestone in the future has not changed during the period.
• Since the last reporting date of 20 May 2020, the Company has issued, or reserved for issue, a total of 2.748.244 shares in connection with a number of exercises of options under the current schemes. The number of issued shares as of 30 July 2020 is 637.743.008. The fully diluted number of shares as of 30 July 2020 is 740.943.581.