Corporate | 30 August 2013 07:07
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DF Deutsche Forfait AG / Key word(s): Half Year Results
H1 2013 sees DF Deutsche Forfait AG lay the basis for future growth
– Expanded financing scope for future growth – Positive consolidated result of EUR 1.0 million – First placement of trade finance funds expected in Q3 Cologne, 30 August 2013 – The first six months of 2013 saw DF Deutsche Forfait AG (Prime Standard, ISIN: DE0005488795) take important steps to accelerate its future growth. The issue of a EUR 30 million corporate bond (Entry Standard, ISIN: DE000A1R1CC4) as well as additional credit lines give the company greater scope for growing its business. At the same time, DF Group launched its asset management activities for trade finance funds, which means that the company now operates on an even broader basis and along an extended value chain. Given the focus on these strategic moves, the consolidated result, at EUR 1.0 million, was below the prior year level of EUR 1.5 million, which had been expected. This is equivalent to earnings per share of EUR 0.14 (previous year: EUR 0.22). The forfaiting volume amounted to EUR 309.5 million, compared to EUR 351.7 million in H1 2012. The first effects of the greater financial scope are expected to make themselves felt in the second half of the year, with the forfaiting volume anticipated to increase notably. At EUR 6.4 million, the gross result including financial results, the key performance indicator for success in the forfaiting business, was almost on a par with the previous year’s EUR 6.6 million. This resulted in a forfaiting margin of 2.3% in the second quarter and of 2.1% in the first six months of the year. The high margin, which clearly exceeds the long-term average, underlines the attractive conditions in the forfaiting market. At EUR 4.9 million, administrative expenses were up by merely 10% on the previous year in spite of the build-up of the new Asset Management segment and the pro-rated costs of the bond issue. Although the growth forecasts for world trade have generally been corrected, exporters’ demand for financing solutions for deliveries of goods to emerging and developing countries remains high. At the same time, investors are showing growing interest in the asset class of trade receivables in view of historically low interest rates. With the new trade finance funds concept, DF Deutsche Forfait AG has established a second source of income besides the revenues from the existing forfaiting business. Management expects the talks between its Dubai-based subsidiary, Deutsche Kapital Limited, and a number of interested institutional investors to yield the first placement results before the end of the third quarter. Says Frank Hock, CFO of DF Deutsche Forfait AG: ‘The expansion of the financing structure and the increased credit lines mean that the company strengthened its refinancing base considerably in the second quarter. This reduces our exposure to short-term market fluctuations and changes in the lending policies of individual debt capital providers and opens up new scope for future growth.’ The company continues to project a clearly positive consolidated result for the full year 2013. The full report on the first six months of 2013 is available on the company’s website under ‘Investor Relations’.
DF Deutsche Forfait AG
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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, DE000A1R1CC4, | |
| WKN: | 548879, A1R1CC | |
| Listed: | Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart | |
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