Orc Software: Orc Software AB - Year-end financial report...

Orc Software AB - Year-end financial report January 1 - December 31, 2006 October-December 2006 · Revenue SEK 111 (79) million · Operating income SEK 21 (13) million · Operating income SEK 24 (14) million after adjustments for items affecting comparability and foreign exchange effects · Operating margin 19.1 (17.0) percent · Operating margin 22.2 (18.1) percent after adjustments for items affecting comparability and foreign exchange effects · Income after taxes SEK 17 (8) million · Earnings per share SEK 1.13 (0.54) Full year 2006 · Revenue SEK 418 (278) million · Operating income SEK 67 (28) million · Operating income SEK 84 (27) million after adjustments for items affecting comparability and foreign exchange effects · Operating margin 16.1 (9.9) percent · Operating margin 20.9 (10.4) percent after adjustments for items affecting comparability and foreign exchange effects · Income after taxes SEK 51 (20) million · Earnings per share SEK 3.30 (1.40) Significant events · Strong sales during the quarter and the year in total - the annual value of existing client contracts increased by 11 percent from SEK 311 million to SEK 346 million during the quarter and by 30 percent pro forma during the year in total · The Board of Directors proposes a dividend for 2006 of SEK 2.00 per share For further information please contact: Thomas Bill, CEO, tel: + 46 8 407 38 35 Lars Johansson, EVP, tel: +46 8 407 38 24 (until January 31) Orc Software (SSE: ORC) is a leading global provider of technology for advanced trading, market making and brokerage. Founded in 1987, Orc provides solutions and services to its 600+ worldwide customer sites from its 14 offices across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Orc Software's customers include leading investment banks, trading and market-making firms, exchanges, brokerage houses, institutional investors, hedge funds and software vendors. CameronFIX, the number one Financial Information Exchange protocol (FIX) electronic trading standard, is a fully owned Orc connectivity solution and is also used as a stand-alone solution by major members of the global financial industry. Orc Software has offices in Chicago, New York, Toronto, London, Stockholm, Frankfurt, Milan, Vienna, Zurich, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Hong Kong and Sydney. In 2006, the company's revenue was SEK 418 million (USD 57 million). www.orcsoftware.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://wpy.waymaker.net/client/waymaker1/f.aspx?id=364971&fn=wkr0001.pdf The full report