- Although we have much to celebrate in the results from the preceding quarter, we must remember to keep our gaze fixed firmly on the future. A good measure of an IT company’s future success is its present order portfolio. Comarch’s order portfolio for 2006 is currently at a level of 386 million PLN – a figure 30% higher than that for the same period in 2005 – says Rafaі Chwast, Chief Financial Officer, Comarch Vice-president.

An in-depth analysis of Comarch’s second quarter results – taking into account such extraordinary items as costs related to the management stock option program and revenue from the deferred tax asset from the Special Economic Zone (SSE) investment tax benefit – points to an even greater improvement in the financial results. After adjusting for the effects of the above-mentioned extraordinary items, operating profit for the second quarter was 10,527,000 PLN (compared with 3,691,000 PLN for second quarter 2005). Equally adjusted net profit was 10,806,000 PLN (compared with 2,687,000 PLN for the second quarter 2005). The adjusted second quarter operating margin grew to 12% in the second quarter of 2006 from 4% a year earlier, while the adjusted net margin grew to 12% from 3% over the same period.