Wirecard AG / Final Results
08.04.2009
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Wirecard AG plans to pay out first-time dividend
- Increase in sales revenues (47%), EBIT (48%)and earnings per share (37%)
- eCommerce growth continues
- EBIT guidance confirmed
Grasbrunn (Munich), April 8, 2009 - In fiscal 2008, Wirecard AG managed to
continue its successful business trends of the preceding year. Group sales
revenues, at 196.8 million euros, exceeded the previous year's result by 47
percent. EBITDA was up by 49 percent, to reach 52.4 million euros.
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) were up by 48 percent, from 33.1
million euros in the previous year to 49.0 million euros. On after-tax
earnings of 42.3 million euros, (diluted) earnings per share increased from
0.30 euros to 0.41 euros.
On account of the good earnings position, the Board of Management and the
Supervisory Board will propose to the Shareholders' Meeting scheduled to
held on June 18, 2009, that a dividend amounting to 0.08 euros per share be
paid for the first time. The cash flow on current operations adjusted for
transaction volumes of a transitory nature rose from 27.4 million euros to
41.4 million euros.
The level of equity capital increased from 164 million euros at the end of
2007 to 207 million euros at the end of the period under review. The equity
capital ratio amounted to 49.2 percent as at the balance sheet date.
During the last fiscal year, the Wirecard Group processed a volume of
payments amounting to more than eight billion euros for more than 10,000
merchants. With these performance figures, Wirecard AG is one of the
leading providers of electronic payment processing, risk management and
card acceptance services.
The positive corporate development of Wirecard AG during the last fiscal
year was essentially based on the unchanged growth in the volume of
eCommerce in our target markets of Europe and Asia.
Dr. Markus Braun, CEO of Wirecard AG: 'On the basis of these positive
prospects for us, we forecast double-digit earnings growth for 2009 as
well, despite the global economic challenges. We affirm our forecast of
being able to generate EBIT growth of 10 to 25 percent this fiscal year.'
With immediate effect, the Annual Report of Wirecard AG for 2008 is
available for download in PDF format from the Investor Relations website in
the 'Financial Reports' section.
http://ir.wirecard.com/cgi-bin/wirecard/show.ssp?fn=annual_reports&languag
e=English
About Wirecard:
Wirecard AG is one of the leading international providers of electronic
payment and risk management solutions. Worldwide, Wirecard supports over
10,000 companies from many and various industry segments in automating
their payment processes and minimizing cases of default. Wirecard Bank AG
provides account and credit card services both for business and private
customers and is a Principal Member of VISA, MasterCard and JCB. The
Internet payment service Wirecard enables consumers to make secure payments
at millions of MasterCard acceptance outlets worldwide. In addition,
registered users can send or receive money orders to each other on a
real-time basis. Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Securities Exchange
(TecDAX, ISIN DE0007472060, WDI).
www.wirecard.com | www.wirecardbank.de | www.mywirecard.com
Wirecard media contact:
Wirecard AG
Iris Stöckl
Bretonischer Ring 4
D-85630 Grasbrunn
Tel.: +49 (0) 89 4424 0424
Fax: +49 (0) 89 4424 0524
E-mail: iris.stoeckl@wirecard.com
Internet: www.wirecard.de
DGAP 08.04.2009
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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, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart
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