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OVB concludes the 2009 financial year with sound results
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Subtitle: OVB concludes the 2009 financial year with sound results
- Sales of EUR 201.6 million exceed forecast
  • EBIT reaches EUR 9.6 million
  • Dividend of EUR 0.50 per share proposed
Cologne/Frankfurt am Main, 30 March 2010  -  OVB  Holding  AG  closed
the  2009 financial year with sound results despite a difficult 
market environment.  Total sales commission reached EUR201.6 million 
(previous  year:  EUR 260.2 million).  "We have come through the 
financial and economic crisis well to date and  were able to limit 
the decline in sales  and  earnings,"  said  Wilfried  Kempchen, 
Chief Executive Officer of OVB Holding AG. "We achieved the targets  
we forecast  for 2009 as a whole."
The Central and Eastern Europe segment contributed EUR 84.3 million 
to total sales commission  (previous  year:  EUR 122.7 million).  
Germany  generated total  sales commission of EUR 77.0 million 
(previous year: EUR 85.2 million). In  2009,  sales  in Southern and 
Western Europe were down on the previous year´s  volume  at  EUR 40.3
million (EUR 52.3 million).
Although earnings before interest and taxes  (EBIT)  were  within  
the  forecast range at  EUR 9.6 million,  they  decreased  by  
two-thirds  (-66.6%) year-on-year (previous year: EUR 28.8 million).
In absolute terms, EBIT declined most heavily in  Central  and  
Eastern  Europe, falling from EUR 22.2 million to EUR 9.2 million 
(-58.6%). The  Southern  and WesternEurope segment reported an 81.6% 
reduction in EBIT  to  EUR 1.2  million (previous year: EUR 
6.5 million). Operating income in  the  Germany  segment only  
decreased modestly  in  comparison,  falling  by  4.0%  to  EUR 
7.1 million  (previous  year: EUR 7.4 million).
Consolidated net  income  for  2009  was  well  within  the  positive
range  at EUR 8.8 million (previous year: EUR 24.4 million). Basic 
earnings per  share amounted to EUR 0.61 (previous year: EUR 1.71).
OVB´s client base continues to number around 2.8 million clients  
across  Europe - an indication that OVB´s financial consultants enjoy
the confidence  of  their customers, even in a difficult economic 
environment.
At year-end 2009, 4,664 financial advisors  worked  full  time  for  
OVB  in  14 European countries. This figure is 4.1% or 198 sales 
representatives lower  than at the  previous  year-end,  when  4,862 
independent  financial  advisors  were selling the provision and 
financial products of  OVB´s  product  partners.  This process 
corresponds to the reduction in business  volume  due  to  the  
economic conditions. However, it took place significantly more slowly
than  the  decrease in sales.
In view of the muted earnings performance in the financial year just 
ended,  the Executive Board and Supervisory Board propose a dividend 
of EUR0.50 per  share to the Annual General Meeting to be held on 11 
June 2010.  This  corresponds  to  a dividend total of EUR 
7.1 million.
OVB expects the situation to stabilise gradually in 2010,  despite  
the  ongoing gloomy macroeconomic environment. "The 2010 financial 
year  will  not  be  easy, but we are well positioned internationally
and have  already  adapted  processes and costs and will continue to 
do so rigorously,"  said  Oskar  Heitz,  the  OVB Holding AG 
Executive Board member responsible for Finances, when presenting  the
figures. As regards  sales  performance  in  the  current  financial 
year,  OVB expects to achieve approximately the level of the previous
year. For  2011,  OVB plans to increase the sales and earnings 
figures compared to 2010.
About OVB Group
OVB Group, with its holding company headquartered in  Cologne,  is  
one  of  the leading European financial sales  organisations.  Since 
the  formation  of  OVB Vermögensberatung AG  in  Germany  in  1970, 
customer-oriented  consulting  for private households in the  areas  
of  insurance  coverage,  asset  building  and appreciation, pension 
provision and real  estate  acquisition  have  formed  the focus of 
OVB´s business  activities.  OVB  currently  advises  some  
2.8 million customers across Europe, working in cooperation with over
100  renowned  product partners. OVB  is  presently  active  in  14  
countries,  with  4,664  full-time financial advisors working for the
Group. In 2009, OVB Holding AG  -  which  has been listed on the 
Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard, ISIN  DE0006286560) since 
July 2006 - and its  subsidiaries  generated  total  sales  
commission  of EUR 201.6 million and EBIT of EUR 9.6 million.
A presentation and the annual report on the  2009  annual  financial 
statements can be downloaded from the Investor Relations section of 
www.ovb.ag.
This IR release is also available on the Internet at:
www.ovb.ag ( Investor Relations ( IR Releases
Key figures of the OVB Group for financial year 2009
|Key operating figures|Unit       |2008       |2009       |Change     |
|Clients (31 Dec.)    |Number in  |2.78       |2.77       |- 0.4 %    |
|                     |million    |           |           |           |
|Financial advisors   |Number     |4,862      |4,664      |- 4.1 %    |
|(31 Dec.)            |           |           |           |           |
|New policies         |Number     |585,817    |495,946    |- 15.3 %   |
|Total sales          |EUR million|260.2      |201.6      |- 22.5 %   |
|commission           |           |           |           |           |
|Key financial figures|Unit       |2008       |2009       |Change     |
|Earnings before      |EUR million|28.8       |9.6        |- 66.6 %   |
|interest and taxes   |           |           |           |           |
|(EBIT)               |           |           |           |           |
|EBIT margin*         |%          |11.1       |4.8        |- 6.3%     |
|                     |           |           |           |points     |
|Consolidated net     |EUR million|24.4       |8.8        |- 64.0%    |
|income               |           |           |           |           |
|Earnings per share   |EUR        |1.71       |0.61       |- 64.3%    |
|(basic)              |           |           |           |           |
* Based on total sales commission
Key figures by region for financial year 2009
|                     |Unit       |2008       |2009       |Change     |
|Central and Eastern  |           |           |           |           |
|Europe               |           |           |           |           |
|Clients (31 Dec.)    |Number in  |1.76       |1.77       |+ 0.6%     |
|                     |million    |           |           |           |
|Financial advisors   |Number     |2,994      |2,697      |- 9.9%     |
|(31 Dec.)            |           |           |           |           |
|Total sales          |EUR million|122.7      |84.3       |- 31.3%    |
|commission           |           |           |           |           |
|EBIT                 |EUR million|22.2       |9.2        |- 58.6%    |
|EBIT margin*         |%          |18.1       |10.9       |- 7.2%     |
|                     |           |           |           |points     |
|Germany              |           |           |           |           |
|Clients (31 Dec.)    |Number     |693,600    |693,100    |- 0.1%     |
|Financial advisors   |Number     |1,105      |1,323      |+ 19.7%    |
|(31 Dec.)            |           |           |           |           |
|Total sales          |EUR million|85.2       |77.0       |- 9.6%     |
|commission           |           |           |           |           |
|Brokerage income     |EUR million|61.4       |55.5       |- 9.6%     |
|EBIT                 |EUR million|7.4        |7.1        |- 4.0%     |
|EBIT margin*         |%          |8.7        |9.2        |+ 0.5%     |
|                     |           |           |           |points     |
|Southern and Western |           |           |           |           |
|Europe               |           |           |           |           |
|Clients (31 Dec.)    |Number     |318,950    |308,150    |- 3.4%     |
|Financial advisors   |Number     |763        |644        |- 15.6%    |
|(31 Dec.)            |           |           |           |           |
|Total sales          |EUR million|52.3       |40.3       |- 22.8%    |
|commission           |           |           |           |           |
|EBIT                 |EUR million|6.5        |1.2        |- 81.6%    |
|EBIT margin*         |%          |12.4       |3.0        |- 9.4%     |
|                     |           |           |           |points     |
* Based on total sales commission
OVB Holding AG
Heumarkt 1
50667 Cologne
Germany
IR Contact:
Brigitte Bonifer
Investor Relations
Phone: +49(0)221 / 2015-288
Fax: +49(0)221 / 2015-325
bbonifer@ovb.de 
ir@ovb.ag
Internet: www.ovb.ag
end of announcement                               euro adhoc

Further inquiry note:

Brigitte Bonifer
Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 (0)221 2015 288
E-Mail: bbonifer@ovb.de

Branche: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: DE0006286560
WKN: 628656
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