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Baader Bank AG: Preliminary consolidated net profit for Q2 2009 in accordance with IFRSs

Baader Bank AG / Half Year Results/Half Year Results

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Baader Bank AG:
Preliminary consolidated net profit for Q2 2009 in accordance with IFRSs

Unterschleissheim (Germany), 23 July 2009

Baader Bank AG, which is based in Unterschleissheim (Germany), is making
good progress despite the financial crisis. Buoyed by the positive
tendencies of the market in the months from April to June 2009, Germany's
leading specialist in securities trading significantly strengthened its
earnings in the second quarter of 2009, generating net profit after taxes
of EUR 6.9 million in the reporting period compared to EUR 0.5 million in
the same period of the previous year. It thus generated a post-tax profit
of EUR 9.0 million (previous year: EUR 6.3 million) in the first half of
the year. Profit from ordinary activities amounted to EUR 8.0 million in
the second quarter of this year (previous year: EUR 0.3 million).

At EUR 8.7 million, net fee and commission income remained at the previous
year's level (second quarter of 2008: EUR 8.8 million) whilst Baader Bank's
net trading income grew considerably to EUR 23.3 million (previous year:
EUR 9.6 million).

As at 30 June 2009, the Group's equity amounted to EUR 170.0 million (31
December 2008: EUR 160.2 million). Earnings per share amounted to EUR 0.20
in the first half of the year, up from EUR 0.14 in the same period of the
previous year.

As at 30 June 2009, the Group had 350 employees (30 June 2008: 318).


Key figures (EUR million)    HY1 2009   HY1 2008       Q2 2009   Q2 2008
Net fee and commission
income                           17.3       18.9           8.7       8.8
Net trading income               37.7       25.7          23.3       9.6
Administrative expenses        - 46.1     - 41.1        - 24.0    - 19.5
Profit from operations            9.1        4.8           8.3     - 0.2
Profit from ordinary
activities                       10.6        5.7           8.0       0.3
Net profit after taxes            9.0        6.3           6.9       0.5


The Board of Directors ************************* Publisher: Baader Bank AG Contact: Thomas Spengler Weihenstephaner Str. 4 85716 Unterschleissheim (Germany) Tel. +49 (0) 89 5150-1030 Fax +49 (0) 89 5150-291030 Thomas.Spengler@Baaderbank.de www.Baaderbank.de 23.07.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Baader Bank AG Weihenstephaner Str. 4 85716 Unterschleissheim Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)89/ 5150-0 Fax: +49 (0)89/ 5150-2423 E-mail: Info@Baaderbank.de Internet: www.Baaderbank.de ISIN: DE0005088108 WKN: 508810 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard), München, Stuttgart; Freiverkehr in Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------