Best quarter ever for Navamedic

Navamedic ASA (OSE: NAVA) today announced the Company's third quarter 2014 financial results. Navamedic continues its positive sales development, and posted its best quarterly result ever.

Sales increased by 60 per cent in the third quarter, mainly driven by the Company's ongoing expansion of its product portfolio. The improvement in financial results was caused by a renegotiated agreement with Navamedic's main supplier, successful price increases and larger volumes contributing to economies of scale.

Navamedic's sales in the third quarter was NOK 58.8 million, compared to NOK 36.7 million in the corresponding quarter last year. EBITDA ended at NOK 4.2 million, against NOK 0.8 million last year. The EBITDA margin for the third quarter was 7.2 per cent, against 2.2 per cent last year. Navamedic's net result for the third quarter came in at NOK 1.5 million, compared to NOK -0.9 million last year.

For the first nine months of 2014, Navamedic's sales were NOK 161.1 million against NOK 108.9 million last year. EBITDA improved significantly, from NOK 5.1 million last year to 9.2 million after the first three quarters of 2014. Net profit ended at NOK 1.9 million, against NOK 0.0 million last year.

Navamedic expects continued sales growth  in the coming quarters.The company also  expects profitability in the last quarter.  


For further information, please contact interim CEO Håkan Josephsson, telephone +46 706 742 533 or CFO Bjørn Lindholt, telephone +47 9300 6601.


Navamedic ASA is a Norwegian pharmaceutical products company, marketing and distributing more than 120 products in the Nordic and Benelux markets. The Company operates three business areas; Pharma Products, Medical Nutrition and Consumer Care based on its relationship with a number of pharmaceutical product manufacturers. Navamedic is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (ticker: NAVA).

 This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

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