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China Medical Systems Holdings Ltd
03 April 2008
China Medical System Holdings Limited
('CMS' or 'the Company')
Maiden Final Results For the year ended 31 December 2007
China Medical System Holdings Limited (AIM: CMSH), the profitable Chinese
pharmaceutical sales, marketing and research company, is pleased to announce its maiden final results for the year ended 31 December 2007.
Financial Highlights
Record sales of US$51.7 million up 38% (2006: US$37.6 million)
Gross Profit up 30% to US$33.6 million (2006: US$25.9 million)
Adjusted Net Profit(1) up 65% to US$11.4 million (2006: US$6.9 million)
Net Profit US$8.7 million up 123% (2006: US$3.9 million)
Adjusted Net Margin on Sales(2) of 22% (2006: 18%)
Cash and cash equivalents of US$17.6 million (2006: US$8.9 million)
Maiden final dividend of US$0.07 per share and special dividend of US$0.03 per share
(1) Adjusted Net Profit represents net profit excluding IPO expenses, Share
based payment expenses and Employee benefits recognized.
(2) Adjusted Net Margin on sales represents Adjusted Net Profit as a percentage of sales
Operational Highlights
Listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in June 2007 and
successfully raised a gross of 10 million
Introduced new drugs to the portfolio: Augentropfen Stulln Mono (eye drops),
GanFuLe Tablet and WeiMaiNing which have contributed US$6.1 million of sales
in 2007
Expanded sales network by recruiting over 100 new sales from university
graduates
Made progress in R&D program
Achieved double digit growth in sales of existing imported products
Acquired Boundless Horizon (Shan Dong) Medical Appliances Co. Ltd. and added
the Cardiac Monitoring System, a new medical device
Post Review Period
Exclusive and extendable three year agency and distribution agreement signed
in March 2008 with Tibet Rhodiola Pharmaceutical Holding Company for the
distribution of Nesiritide in China
Exclusive and extendable five year agency and distribution agreement signed in March 2008 with Bioniche Teoranta to distribute Cystistat in China (excluding Hong Kong)
Commenting on the final results, Mr Kong Lam, Chairman & CEO, said:
'CMS has made considerable progress since its successful flotation in June 2007
within both its distribution and trading business and R&D division. The Company
has again achieved record sales which are up by 38%. In line with the strategy
at the time of our IPO, we have added three new drugs to our exclusive
distribution portfolio which have already started contributing to the revenue.
In addition, a further two products have been licensed since the year end.
'We were also delighted to report significant progress within the R&D division
during the year, most notably the notice from the State Food and Drug
Administration (SFDA), which had previously halted communications on all
clinical trial notifications, requesting us to enlarge the patient sample group
in the clinical trial of our novel product CMS024 for the treatment of primary
liver cancer. We look forward to reporting on this trial in due course and aim
to file the New Drug Application within two years' time.'
Dividend Declaration
I am delighted to report that the Board is recommending a maiden final dividend
of US$0.07 per share and a special dividend of US$0.03 per share, making the
total proposed dividend of US$0.10 per share. The final and special dividends
equate to 35% and 15% of earnings per share for the year ended 31 December 2007
respectively. The Board considers that the final dividend is consistent with the intended dividend policy of the Company at a level of 25% to 50% of the net
profits for the year. The Board also recommends a special dividend to provide
shareholders with a favorable cash return. Subject to approval of shareholders
at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM'), the final and special dividends will be
paid on or about 8th May 2008 to shareholders on the register on 18th April
2008, with an ex-dividend date of 16th April 2008.