Deutsche Bourse AG concluded financial year 2006 with the best result in its history. According to the preliminary figures published by the company, sales revenue climbed by 14 percent to 1,854.2 million in 2006. The company earned a further 150.7 million in net interest income from banking business. The above-average increase in EBITA of 45 percent to 1,029.1 million is due to the strong sales growth in all market areas and effective cost management. The net income for 2006 reached 668.7 million, as against 427.4 million in the previous year. Basic earnings per share, calculated on the basis of a weighted average number of 99.4 million shares outstanding, increased considerably by 68 percent to 6.73.
“The preliminary figures show that we were once again able to considerably increase our sales revenue and result in 2006 as against the previous year,” says Reto Francioni, the CEO of Deutsche Bourse. “Furthermore, we laid the foundation for further organic growth in all business segments in 2006. The strong start to the year supports our expectation that we will be able to set new records with respect to both sales and earnings in financial year 2007.”