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DF Deutsche Forfait AG / Key word(s): Half Year Results
Press release DF Deutsche Forfait AG increases profit in the first half of 2012 – Consolidated result rises by 7 % to EUR 1.5 million – Forfaiting margin remains at the high level of 1.9% – Positive outlook for full year 2012 Cologne, 24 August 2012 − DF Deutsche Forfait AG generated consolidated profit of EUR 1.5 million in the first half of the year, according to preliminary figures. This corresponds to a 7 % rise year-on-year. Earnings per share went up from EUR 0.20 in the first half of 2011 to EUR 0.22. DF Group's business developed positively on account of the continuing good conditions in the forfaiting market and the expected reduction of administrative costs. The company processed forfaiting transactions with a total volume of EUR 351.6 million in the first half of the year (prior year: EUR 358.6 million). The forfaiting margin remained at the high level of 1.9%. The gross result including financial results, the key performance figure for success in the forfaiting business, declined slightly by 5% to EUR 6.6 million. Administrative expenses came to EUR 4.5 million, down 9% year-on-year. Jochen Franke, CFO of DF Deutsche Forfait AG: 'We are very pleased with our business performance in the first half of the year, particularly as we still used considerable personnel resources in the first months of 2012 to limit the effects of the lost arbitration proceedings. This positive development makes us feel confident that we will close the full year 2012 with a clearly positive consolidated result.' As previously announced, the complete Half Year Report June 2012 will be available online on 30 August 2012. About DF Group The main business activities of DF Group are the purchase and sale of selected export receivables in emerging markets on a non-recourse basis. The objective is to sell the acquired receivables at the same time or in the short term. Forfaiting is an increasingly important tool in export financing, with volumes rising in line with the continuing advance of globalization. Creating tradable products from receivables benefits both exporters and buyers. As well as transferring risk to the buyer, the main benefit of forfaiting for exporters is the inflow of cash. This relieves the exporters' credit lines and improves their balance sheet structure. DF Deutsche Forfait AG structures receivables attractively, so that investors seek them as a type of investment
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| Language: | English | |
| Company: | DF Deutsche Forfait AG | |
| Kattenbug 18-24 | ||
| 50667 Köln | ||
| Germany | ||
| Phone: | +49 (0)221 – 973 76 0 | |
| Fax: | +49 (0)221 – 973 76 76 | |
| E-mail: | dfag@dfag.de | |
| Internet: | www.dfag.de | |
| ISIN: | DE0005488795 | |
| WKN: | 548879 | |
| Listed: | Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart | |
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