EANS-News: Hypoport AG / Hypoport generates revenue growth and shrugs off market turmoil

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Annual Reports/Preliminary financial results for 2012

Berlin, 11. March 2013 (euro adhoc) - Hypoport AG continued to
increase its market share in 2012. The financial service provider
raised its revenue by 4 per cent to approximately EUR88 million,
consolidating its market position. However, its growth was hampered
by the operational and regulatory changes taking place in the
financial services market. Although the Hypoport Group was able to
use its diversified business model to mitigate the market disruption,
its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation
(EBITDA) declined year on year to EUR8.1 million.

2012 was a year marked by historically low interest rates, limited
supply of real estate, and sweeping regulatory changes in the
insurance market. While the low level of interest rates boosted
mortgage finance, it acted as a drag on business in pensions, savings
and investments. The insurance sector also suffered from legislators'
regulatory interventions in the market for comprehensive private
health insurance. "The difficult and highly volatile market
conditions prevailing in 2012 meant that we were unable to exploit
the full potential of our business model. This environment hampered
our growth and impaired our earnings," stressed Ronald Slabke, the
Chief Executive Officer of Hypoport AG. Across all its business units
the Hypoport Group raised its revenue by 4 per cent to EUR87.8
million (2011: EUR84.4 million), while EBITDA fell year on year to
EUR8.1 million (2011: EUR11.5 million). "We used last year as an
opportunity to adjust to the changing conditions in the financial
services sector," commented Slabke on the Company's results,
forecasting: "In 2013 we therefore plan to achieve double-digit
revenue growth and expect our earnings to return to their record
levels of previous years."

Information on Hypoport AG As an independent financial product
distributor that runs a B2B financial marketplace, Hypoport operates
successfully in two mutually reinforcing segments. It always provides
the simplest access to the best financial services. Europace AG - a
wholly owned Hypoport subsidiary - develops and operates EUROPACE,
which is an online financial marketplace and the largest German
platform offering mortgages, building finance products and personal
loans. A fully integrated system links roughly 200 partners - banks,
insurers and financial product distributors. Several thousand users
execute over 20,000 transactions worth a total of up to EUR3 billion
on EUROPACE every month. The Hypoport subsidiary Dr. Klein & Co. AG
is an independent online distributor of financial products. This
firm's specialists provide private clients with a full range of
advisory services around mortgage finance, insurance and investments.
Dr. Klein & Co. AG has been a major financial service partner to
housing companies, local authorities and commercial property
investors since 1954. Hypoport AG is headquartered in Berlin, employs
more than 500 people and is listed in the Prime Standard of the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Further inquiry note:
Michaela Reimann
Head of Corporate Communications
Telefon: +49 (0) 30 42086 1936
E-Mail: michaela.reimann@hypoport.de

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company: Hypoport AG
Klosterstraße 71
D-10179 Berlin
phone: +49(0)30 42086-0
FAX: +49(0)30 42086-1999
mail: ir@hypoport.de
WWW: http://www.hypoport.de
sector: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: DE0005493365
indexes: CDAX, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English