DGAP-News: DAB Bank AG: DAB Bank publishes its last quarterly report


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DAB Bank AG: DAB Bank publishes its last quarterly report

14.08.2015 / 08:00

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DAB Bank publishes its last quarterly report 

Merger into BNP Paribas Beteiligungsholding AG takes effect, squeeze-out
successfully completed/ H1 2015 profit before taxes is EUR9.31 million

Munich, August 14, 2015. After DAB Bank AG was merged into BNP Paribas
Beteiligungsholding AG and the shares of the minority shareholders were
transferred to the latter company on July 27, 2015, the former DAB Bank AG
is now defunct and the stock exchange listing has been cancelled. In
connection with the Commercial Register entry recording the merger, BNP
Paribas Beteiligungsholding AG was renamed DAB Bank AG.

The last quarterly report of the former DAB Bank AG, which covers the
period from April 1 to June 30, 2015, was published on today's date. In
these three months, DAB Bank generated a consolidated profit before taxes
of EUR2.88 million. The profit before taxes for the first six months of
2015 came to EUR9.31 million. DAB Bank registered further growth in its key
operational indicators. In the first half of 2015, it executed 3.57 million
trades for its customers, that being a third more than the trades executed
in the first half of last year. The net number of customers rose by an
impressive 22,000 to 672,441 in the first half. Since the end of 2014,
customer assets held in custody have risen steadily by nearly EUR4 billion
to EUR40.23 billion as of June 30, 2015.

Details on the operating results and key operational indicators can be
found in the company's quarterly report, which is available for download in
the Investor Relations section of the website www.dab.com.

DAB Bank Group: Key Operational Indicators and Operating Results according
to IFRS:
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Key operational indicators                             H1/2015    H1/2014
Customers                                    No.       672,441    634,354
Securities accounts                          No.       637,725    619,302
Bank accounts                                No.       277,509    230,691
Trades executed                              No.     3,566,114  2,694,826
Trades per securities account, annualized    No.         11.29       8.72
Customer assets held in custody              EUR bn      40.23      34.87
thereof in investment funds                  EUR bn      19.93      17.03

Operating results                                      H1/2015    H1/2014
Net interest income                          kEUR       15,431     24,768
Trading profit and profit from investments   kEUR        1,011      1,982
Net commission income                        kEUR       53,349     43,158
Administrative expenses                      kEUR       59,428     56,607
Profit before taxes                          kEUR        9,305     12,457
Profit after taxes                           kEUR        7,235      8,348
Cost-income ratio                            in %         86.5       82.0
Earnings per share                           EUR          0.08       0.09


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Key operational indicators                      Q2/2015   Q1/2015   Q2/2014
Customers                                 No.   672,441   662,891   634,354
Securities accounts                       No.   637,725   632,689   619,302
Bank accounts                             No.   277,509   266,969   230,691
Trades executed                           No.  1,598,238 1,967,876
1,200,460
Customer assets held in custody        EUR bn     40.23     40.79     34.87
thereof in investment funds            EUR bn     19.93     20.30     17.03
Operating results                               Q2/2015   Q1/2015   Q2/2014
Net interest income                      kEUR     7,396     8,035    12,407
Trading profit and profit from           kEUR       -35     1,046     1,336
investments
Net commission income                    kEUR    23,929    29,420    20,386
Administrative expenses                  kEUR    29,317    30,111    28,123
Profit before taxes                      kEUR     2,877     6,428     5,584
Profit after taxes                       kEUR     2,872     4,363     3,748
Cost-income ratio                        in %      91.1      82.4      83.4
Earnings per share                        EUR      0.03      0.05      0.04


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Language:    English                 
Company:     DAB Bank AG             
             Landsberger Straße 300  
             80687 München           
             Germany                 
Phone:       +49 (0)89 500 68 1696   
Fax:         +49 (0)89 500 68 669    
E-mail:      ir@dab.com              
Internet:    www.dab-bank.de         
ISIN:        DE0005072300            
WKN:         507230                  
 
 
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