Ad-hoc | 4 May 2006 20:40

Deutsche Börse AG: Earnings per share in the first quarter 2006 1.61 Euro

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— In the first quarter of this year, sales revenue was up by 16% on the same period in 2005, rising to €464.7 million (Q1/2005: €399.4 million); a further €34.3 million was recorded in net interest income from banking business. Total costs for the first quarter were €266.1 million, a year-on-year change of minus 3% (Q1/2005: €273.8 million). EBITA totaled €257.0 million – an increase of 45% (Q1/2005: €177.7 million). Based on an average of 100.5 million outstanding shares (Q1/2005: 111.8 million shares), earnings per share climbed 66% in the first quarter to €1.61 (Q1/2005: €0.97). Contact: Walter Allwicher/Alexandra Güntzer Tel.: +49-69-21 11 15 00 (c)DGAP 04.05.2006 ————————————————————————— language: English emitter: Deutsche Börse AG Neue Börsenstraße 1 60487 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland phone: +49 (0)69 211 – 0 fax: +49 (0)69 211 – 1 20 0 email: info@deutsche-boerse.com WWW: www.deutsche-boerse.com ISIN: DE0005810055 WKN: 581005 indexes: DAX stockmarkets: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————