Consolidated Notes for the 2009 financial year
28. Earnings per share
| 2009 | 2008 | |
| EUR '000 | EUR '000 | |
| Earnings attributable to the shareholders of the parent company | 12,007 | 1,717 |
| Number of no-par value common shares | 53,219,350 | 53,219,350 |
| Number of own shares | -2,749,965 | -1,194,268 |
| Basis (number) from 4 May 2007 | 50,469,385 | 52,025,082 |
| Earnings per share (EUR) | ||
| - undiluted | 0,24 | 0,03 |
| - diluted | 0,24 | 0,03 |
The share options program begun in the prior year (2008) will only affect the diluted earnings per share marginally.
F. Segment reporting
To define the business segments the Management Board draws on reports that are also available to the Supervisory Board and analysts for their strategic decisions.
The Group is currently divided into three divisions and into six regional divisions derived from the matrix organisation.
- These divisions can be described as follows:
| HPS | (Integrated Health Provider Services): development and sale of software solutions for physicians and dentists in their practices and for use in hospitals |
| HCS | (Health Connectivity Services): networking service providers (physicians, dentists and hospitals) with other important market participants in the health care sector such as sponsors, pharmaceutical companies and generic drug producers |
| CHS | (Consumer Health Services): products and services for covering the growing demand for health-related information for patients (electronic patient services) |
- The regional divisions encompass:
| CE (Central Europe) | Germany, Luxemburg |
| CEE (Central Eastern Europe) | Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece, Switzerland |
| NE (Northern Europe) | Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Latvia |
| SE (South Europe) | France, Italy, Spain |
| ALM (Asia, Latin America, Middle East) | Turkey, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa |
| NA (North America) | USA, Canada |
