DGAP-News: Wirecard AG / Key word(s): Quarter Results/Interim Report
Wirecard AG gets off to flying start in the new fiscal year
16.05.2013 / 07:45
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Munich (Aschheim) The first three months of the new year have certainly
brought successful business for Wirecard AG.
Consolidated revenues in the first quarter of 2013 were up 21 percent to
EUR 101.1 million (Q1/2012: EUR 83.6 million). EBITDA increased by 13
percent from EUR 23.3 million to EUR 26.3 million.
Compared to the same period of the previous year, the transaction volume
processed using the Wirecard platform was up by nearly 30 percent to EUR
5.7 billion. Asia accounts for EUR 0.8 billion or almost 14 percent of the
total volume.
Cash flow from operating activities (adjusted for transaction volumes of a
transitory nature) was up to EUR 22.7 million (Q1/2012: EUR 18.3 million).
The Wirecard Group provides companies with an end-to-end product range
thanks to its solutions for everything to do with Internet payment
processing, integrated risk management services such as fraud prevention,
and financial services for card acceptance or currency management.
'We are taking an optimistic view of fiscal year 2013, and expect that we
will once again grow at a faster pace than the market this year. This is
based on our core business, which is benefiting from the growing eCommerce
market in Europe and Asia', commented Dr. Markus Braun, CEO of Wirecard AG
and added: 'In the first quarter of 2013, we were able to further expand
our leading position for mobile payment services and the associated
added-value services'.
The Management Board confirms its forecast of EBITDA of between EUR 120 and
EUR 130 million for fiscal year 2013, taking the investments in Mobile
Payments into account.
The interim report for the first quarter 2013 is available on our Website:
http://www.wirecard.com/investorrelations/financialreports/
Contact:
Iris Stöckl
VP Corp.Com./IR
Tel.: +49 (0)89-4424-1424
e-Mail: iris.stoeckl@wirecard.com
http://www.wirecard.com
ISIN DE0007472060
Reuters: WDI.GDE
Bloomberg: WDI GY
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Language: English
Company: Wirecard AG
Einsteinring 35
85609 Aschheim b. München
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)89-4424 1400
Fax: +49 (0)89-4424 1500
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,
Stuttgart
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