Ad-hoc | 6 November 2006 20:04

Deutsche Börse releases Q3 2006 results

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Deutsche Börse closed Q3/2006 with a new record result for a third quarter. At €432.0 million, sales revenues were up by 3 percent compared to Q3/2005 (€417.8 million). Deutsche Börse earned an additional €36.6 million in net interest income from banking business (Q3/2005: €28.6 million). EBITA totaled €255.0 million in Q3 including an exceptional gain of some €24 million relating to the sale of 70% and deconsolidation of Eurex US. This represents a year-on-year EBITA increase of 42 percent (Q3/2005: €179.9 million). Earnings per share climbed to €1.76 for an average of 99.2 million shares outstanding (Q3/2005: €1.05 for 105.4 million shares). Deutsche Börse expects structural growth drivers and new products to further reduce the Group’s dependency on cyclical influences, while continued cost discipline serves as the basis to work towards another record year in 2007. Despite Deutsche Börse’s plans to further increase investments in the breadth and depth of its product and technology base, Deutsche Börse targets overall costs in 2007 to grow only moderately against its cost target for 2006, due to a combination of unavoidable inflationary and technical effects such as the consolidation of the joint venture with SWX Group for structured products in 2007. Contact: Walter Allwicher Tel.: +49-69-21 11 15 00 (c)DGAP 06.11.2006 ————————————————————————— Language: English Issuer: 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 E-mail: info@deutsche-boerse.com WWW: www.deutsche-boerse.com ISIN: DE0005810055 WKN: 581005 Indices: DAX Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Hannover, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————