Koblenz, 23 December 2010. CompuGroup Medical AG yesterday has
entered into an agreement for the purchase of 100% of the shares in
Ascon Software B.V. (operating under the trade name "Euroned").
Euroned is one of the players in the Dutch market for GP‐ and
pharmacy‐systems and has experienced impressive growth with their
MIRA‐product over the last years. In 2010 the company expects
revenues of about 10.8 million euro, of which 65% is recurring,
with an EBITDA of about 2.8 million euro.
Located near Echt in the Southeastern part of the Netherlands the
company employs 80 people and serves 430 pharmacies and 700 GPs,
which corresponds to approximately 22% market share in the pharmacy
area and a 10% market share for doctors. Since 2007, the company
has been one of the few growing vendors (approx 10% p.a.) in these
markets.
The MIRA product offered by Euroned is built on a modern web‐based
platform and covers GP's as well as pharmacies based on the same
core. More than 30% of the current customer base currently buys
this product as an ASP/SaaS solution from the Ascon Hosting
Facility and the migration of customers in this direction is
expected to continue.
With this acquisition CompuGroup Medical enters the healthcare
market in the Netherlands and strengthens its business in Europe.
Going forward, interfaces will be integrated with the existing MIRA
software to provide customers with access to CompuGroup Medical's
international product suite and enable them to benefit from
intelligent solutions which are world trailblazers in terms of
innovation and security.
Frank Gotthardt, CEO of CompuGroup Medical, underlined the
importance of the takeover. "Euroned provides one of the most
modern products on the Dutch e‐health market as well as being a
dynamic organisation which will be capable of rapid integration
into our group. All of this puts the necessary foundations in place
for achieving rapid and profitable growth at Euroned over the
coming years." The payment for the debt free company will be 15
million euro in cash and the purchase price will be financed
through existing credit facilities. Full consolidation into
CompuGroup Medical will take place from the business year 2011
onwards.