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Wirecard AG: concludes a successful first half of 2015

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Wirecard AG: concludes a successful first half of 2015

18.08.2015 / 07:32

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- Consolidated revenues increased in the first half of the year by 26.5
percent
- EBITDA increased in the first half of the year by 31.1 percent
- Earnings per share increased in the first half year by 32.4 percent

Wirecard AG has concluded a successful first half of 2015 with the
presentation of its second quarterly report.

Consolidated revenues increased in the first half of 2015 by 26.5 percent
from EUR 268.8 million to EUR 340.1 million. In the second quarter of 2015,
consolidated revenues increased by 26.7 percent to EUR 180.7 million
(Q2/2014: EUR 142.6 million).

Consolidated earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation
(EBITDA) grew in the first half of 2015 by 31.1 percent to EUR 98.3 million
(6M/2014: EUR 75.0 million). In the second quarter, EBITDA increased by
30.9 percent to EUR 52.3 million (Q2/2014: EUR 39.9 million).
Earnings per share increased by 32.4 percent from EUR 0.37 to EUR 0.49.

The cash flow from operating activities (adjusted) stood at EUR 85.6
million at the end of the reporting period.

Transaction volumes processed through the Wirecard platform rose in
comparison to the first half of 2014 by 30.3 percent to EUR 20.2 billion.
The share of the transaction volume generated outside Europe was 24.3
percent or EUR 4.9 billion after the first six months of 2015.

"We achieved very strong growth in our core e-commerce business and are
convinced that this trend will continue. Alongside the sustainable
expansion of our existing customer business in Europe and Asia, Wirecard
will thus push forward with its global expansion", commented Wirecard CEO
Markus Braun.

As a result of the integration of Internet technologies into all sales
channels, whether online, mobile or point-of-sale, there has been an
increasingly strong changeover to real time payment solutions. Wirecard is
driving this development forward with its innovations in all areas of
payment processing and card issuing. Wirecard benefits disproportionately
from this development thanks to its many years of experience as a supplier
of finance technology.

Wirecard is continuing its strategy based principally on organic growth in
combination with acquisitions - increasingly on a global level.

The Management Board expects a positive business performance in the second
half of 2015 and has confirmed its most recent forecast for the fiscal year
issued in July 2015 for EBITDA of between EUR 220 million and EUR 232
million.

The Q2/Six-Monthly Report is available for download with immediate effect.
ir.wirecard.com/financialreports


Contact:
Iris Stöckl
VP Corp.Com./IR
Tel.: [phone]
e-Mail: [e-mail]
http://www.wirecard.com
ISIN DE0007472060
Reuters: WDI.GDE
Bloomberg: WDI GY

About Wirecard:

Wirecard AG is one of the world's leading independent providers of
outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payment transactions.
Wirecard supports companies in the acceptance of electronic payments from
all sales channels. A global multi-channel platform provides international
payment acceptances and methods, supplemented by fraud prevention
solutions. When it comes to issuing their own payment instruments in the
form of cards or mobile payment solutions, Wirecard provides companies with
an end-to-end infrastructure, including the requisite licences for card and
account products.
Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Securities Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN
DE0007472060, WDI).

www.wirecard.com



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Language: English
Company: Wirecard AG
Einsteinring 35
85609 Aschheim b. München
Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Internet: www.wirecard.com
ISIN: DE0007472060
WKN: 747206
Indices: TecDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich,
Stuttgart


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