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| I. the Company |
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| Q: When was founded? |
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A: was established in 1996 in Stuttgart, Germany, as Modern Video Interactive Media GmbH. After changing its name to caatoosee GmbH in 2000, the company went on to become a public limited company in the same year. |
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| Q: How many people does caatoosee employ? |
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A: As of Decembre 31, 2002, the caatoosee group had 782 employees, 85% of whom work outside Germany. |
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| Q: How many members make up the Management Board and Supervisory Board? |
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A: The Management Board of (also referred to as the "Executive Board") consists of three members, the Supervisory Board six. Click on "management" to see the list of members and read their biographies. |
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| Q: In which market does caatoosee operate? |
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A: The caatoosee group, with its three business units software products, infrastructure and IT services, and outsourcing operates in the information logistics market. The develops and sells information logistics software. The unit provides support and advice to customers setting up their own IT infrastructures, including hardware and software installation and networking the various system components. The , which currently operates mainly in Asia, caters to the growing number of businesses seeking to transfer responsibility for their data center, network and software operations to an external supplier.
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| Q: What are caatoosee's strengths? |
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A: All organizations, whether in the private or public sector, have to contend with information overload. caatoosees information qualifying software eases this task, helping businesses to stay in control of their information assets and streamline their information processes. The software integrates quickly and easily with existing infrastructures, supports both structured and unstructured data sources, and is compatible with a range of platforms. To accompany this innovative product, caatoosee delivers the necessary expertise to help improve IT infrastructures and provide outsourcing services enabling it to meet the future demands of a burgeoning market. For this reason, caatoosee has already begun to forge key partnerships such as those with IBM and SAP. Collaborating with top vendors in the IT marketplace in this way ideally positions the company to respond quickly and effectively to changing market requirements. |
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| Q: What is the outlook for the information logistics market? |
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A: The market for information logistics software is set to undergo significant growth in the future, a trend confirmed by a Gartner study. This has revealed that the vast majority of businesses believe that the growing tide of information could adversely affect their competitiveness in the near future. Nowadays, companies in all industries are being forced to cut costs and to sustain these cuts over the long term. At the same time, business-related information continues to proliferate. This is opening up an extremely promising market for caatoosees iq-server and IT services. While in the development and distribution phase of the Internet the emphasis was on quantifying information, the focus is now on qualifying it. And that is where caatoosees iq-technology will come into its own. |
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| Q: In which countries is the company represented? |
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A: The company is represented in Germany, Switzerland, Romania, and Indonesia. |
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| Q: Who are caatoosees customers and partners? |
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A: For a list of caatoosee customers and details of their projects, please refer to our . Information about the customers of caatoosee subsidiary PT Sigma Cipta Caraka is available on the companys own . caatoosee collaborates with leading companies on both software development and sales. For an overview of caatoosee partners and details of the associated projects, visit our .
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| Q: What is caatoosee's security identification number (WKN)? |
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A: The WKN of caatoosee's shares is ; the stock exchange symbol is "COO". |
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| Q: In which segment of the stock exchange are caatoosee's shares listed? |
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A: caatoosee's shares are listed in the prime standard of the Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, the Frankfurt stock exchange (Germany). |
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| Q: On which stock exchanges are caatoosee's shares traded? |
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A: caatoosee's shares are traded in Frankfurt am Main, Stuttgart, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Hanover, Bremen and via the electronic trading system XETRA. |
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| Q: How many shares does have? |
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A: Currently, there are 17,766,503 no par-value bearer shares. |
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| Q: Who are the shareholders* of ? |
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A: caatoosee's shares are held by the following ordinary shareholders:
- Guido Alt 49,44%
- Trozenin Management PLC 4,41%
- LBBW Trust GmbH 3,59%
- Hans Ulrich Dörr 2,82%
- Deutsche Effecten- und Wechsel Beteiligungsgesellschaft AG 1,75%
- Fair Invest - Vermittlung von Vermögensanlagen GmbH 1,75%
- Julius Bär Kapitalanlage AG 1,73%
- Deutscher Sparkassenverlag GmbH 1,46%
- Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH & Co KG 1,45%
- Dirk Hollenbach 1,41%
- Dr. Michael Hagström 1,41%
- Altgesellschafter Connex 1.04%
*) with an interest of more than 1% in as of November 27, 2002
Having deducted all shares held in block ownership below 1%, the free float amounts to 26.34%.
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| Q: How can I buy caatoosee shares? |
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A: Shares in can be purchased via your custodian bank or any other stock broker. |
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| Q: When was the last capital increase? |
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A: The last major capital increase was effected in October 2002. This capital increase represents the partial financing of the amalgamation of caaatoosee search technology GmbH, Hildesheim, with . The increase in capital amounted to EUR 0.5 million; 0.5 million shares were issued. |
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| Q: When are the financial results of published? |
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A: In addition to the Annual Report published in accordance with the Rules and Regulations "Prime Standard", as specified by Deutsche Wertpapierbörse Frankfurt am Main, also publishes Quarterly Reports as of the reporting dates for the first three quarters of the fiscal year. Within this context it should be noted that the fiscal year of covers the period from April 1 to March 31. For further details regarding publication, please refer to our financial calendar. |
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| Q: How can I obtain a copy of your Annual Report or Quarterly Reports? |
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A: Excerpts of the Annual Reports for the last five years are available as a PDF file via our archive. A printed version can be ordered from the Investor Service. |
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| Q: When will 's General Meeting of Shareholders take place? |
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A: caatoosee's third Annual General Meeting of Shareholders takes place on August 22th, 2003. |
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| Q: What do I have to do if I wish to attend the General Meeting of Shareholders? |
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A: The shareholders of will receive a formal invitation from their custodian banks. |
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| Q: What was the proportion of capital represented at the last General Meeting of Shareholders? |
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A: The General Meeting of Shareholders held on November 27, 2002, was represented by 66% of the capital stock. |
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| Q: Which accounting principles are used at caatoosee? |
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A: The consolidated financial statements of are prepared in accordance with the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch HGB) and the Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz AktG). As part of our efforts to make our consolidated financial statements more international in scope, we apply the US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) applicable at the respective reporting date, to the extent that these are permissible under German commercial law. |
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Youve general questions? Have a look at our caatoosee faq. |
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Feel free to contact us with any questions:
investor relations
stefan ahrens
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