DGAP-Adhoc: Wirecard AG: Report on 2nd quarter/ 1st half of 2008: sustained growth – Wirecard raises EBIT forecast

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Wirecard AG / Half Year Results/Quarter Results

20.08.2008 

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Grasbrunn near Munich, August 20, 2008; in the second quarter and first
half of 2008, Wirecard AG once again succeeded in recording a sustained
level of growth in its operations.

Consolidated sales revenues were up by 59 percent in the second quarter of
2008, from EUR 29.9 million to EUR 47.4 million. Earnings before interest
and taxes (EBIT) improved by 67 percent on the previous-year quarter, from
7.3 million to 12.2 million euros.

In the first six months of the financial year, Group sales revenues were up
by 56 percent year-on-year, to 88.3 million euros, with earnings before
interest and taxes (EBIT) increasing by 67 percent, to 22.2 million euros.
The EBIT margin in the period under review amounted to 25.1 percent, up
from 23.5 percent recorded a year earlier.

The Board of Management of Wirecard AG expects the positive trend in
operations to continue in the second half of the year. As a result, the
Board of Management has decided to raise its EBIT forecast from more than
45 percent to a range of 45 to 60 percent for fiscal 2008.

The full report is available in PDF format for download with immediate
effect from our website http://ir.wirecard.com under the heading 'Financial
reports'.


Inquiries:
Wirecard AG
Bretonischer Ring 4
D-85630 Grasbrunn, Germany 

Investor Relations 
Iris Stöckl 
Tel.: +49 (0)89-4424-0424
E-mail: iris.stoeckl@wirecard.com
http://www.wirecard.com
ISIN DE0007472060 



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Language:     English
Issuer:       Wirecard AG
              Bretonischer Ring 4
              85630 Grasbrunn b. München
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)89-4424 0400
Fax:          +49 (0)89-4424 0500
E-mail:       ir@wirecard.com
Internet:     www.wirecard.com
ISIN:         DE0007472060
WKN:          747206
Indices:      TecDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München
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