EANS-News: C-QUADRAT Investment AG / Consolidated Net Profit for the year 2011 of C-QUADRAT Investment AG

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annual result

Vienna / Frankfurt (euro adhoc) - • Strong increase in management
fees (25%) from EUR 35.8 million to EUR 44.7 million • Personnel
expenses reduced from EUR 8.4 million to EUR 6.6 million • Net profit
for the year amounts to EUR 3.0 million

In 2011 C-QUADRAT Investment AG (ISIN AT0000613005) realized a net
profit of EUR 3.0 million. The strong increase in management fees,
from EUR 35.8 million to EUR 44.7 million (25%), is particularly
notable. The management fees are the fees charged for the continuous
management of investment funds. They represent the basis of an asset
manager´s revenue structure and are the most important indicator for
the long-term earnings power of the Company.

This strong increase in management fees is due to the average level
of growth of assets under management over the year and the
replacement of institutional assets with retail assets offering
higher margins. The significantly higher management fees in 2011
represent a crucial improvement in the Company´s long-term earnings
power.

Personnel expenses dropped from EUR 8.4 million to EUR 6.6 million in
2011. Other operating expenses were at EUR 4.5 million slightly lower
than in the previous year (EUR 4.6 million). The net profit for the
year under review is EUR 3.0 million.

C-QUADRAT founder and management board member Alexander Schütz
comments: "2011 was a particularly difficult year for all asset
managers. For the first time in many years, it was not possible to
achieve any performance fees in the negative stock market
environment. This is naturally reflected in the net profit for the
year. However, at the same time we have succeeded in cutting our
costs and - even more importantly - we have increased our management
fees by 25%. We are thus now very well positioned. Successful asset
managers can realize extremely strong results in good stock market
environments. But it´s more important to achieve good results in a
challenging stock market environment as well. We have managed this in
2011 and, following a positive start to the year, we have an
optimistic view of 2012."

The consolidated financial statements and the standalone financial
statements 2011 of C-QUADRAT Investment AG can be downloaded in
German immediately from the Investor Relations area on the website
www.c-quadrat.at. English versions will follow soon.

Further inquiry note:
Mag. Andreas Wimmer
Member of the Board
Stubenring 2
A-1010 Wien
Tel.: +43 1 515 66 316
Mail: a.wimmer@investmentfonds.at
www.c-quadrat.com

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company: C-QUADRAT Investment AG
Stubenring 2
A-1010 Wien
phone: +43 1 515 66-0
FAX: +43 1 515 66-159
mail: c-quadrat@investmentfonds.at
WWW: www.c-quadrat.at
sector: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: AT0000613005
indexes: Standard Market Auction
stockmarkets: official market: Frankfurt, Wien
language: English