Press-archive 2007

• Chief Executive Officer Uwe Schroeder-Wildberg comments: "In Andreas Dittmar we have gained an accredited financial expert, who stands for continuity"

Wiesloch, 19th December 2007 - With effect from 1st January 2008, Andreas Dittmar will be appointed as new head of finance at MLP AG.

• Stable and long-term involvement by the MLP founder and major share holder, Manfred Lautenschläger
• Lautenschläger family optimises investment structure - overall holding remains unchanged

Wiesloch, 18th December 2007 - Company founder and major shareholder, Manfred Lautenschläger, has reaffirmed his stable and long-term involvement in MLP.

• Scientific approach reduces risk significantly and results in attractive yield expectations
• Exclusive Multi Asset/Multi Manager concept open to MLP clients with minimum investments of 10,000 euros

Wiesloch, 11th December 2007 - With its new "Modular Wealth Management" scheme MLP has launched a high quality asset management concept based on a Multi Asset/Multi Manager approach for a broad investor group. MLP clients can now invest in a concept form with just 10,000 euros that is normally only available for much higher investment amounts.

• More than half of German citizens say: Health care has worsened in recent years
• Health care reform: People are fundamentally interested in new optional tariffs  
• Only ten percent see advantages in the planned health fund
• Every second German is concerned about nursing care provisions and says that hospital doctors have too little time for their patients

Wiesloch/Berlin, 21st November 2007 - Germans are increasingly sceptical about the current health care system almost six months after the launch of the health care reform.

• Profit from operations (EBIT) rises by 20 percent to EUR 53.4 million, despite one-off charges
• Total income climbs to EUR 406.4 million (plus 9 per cent)
• Q3: Six new branch offices opened

Wiesloch, 7th November 2007 - MLP significantly grew its operative business in the first nine months of the year, achieving a 20 percent rise in profit from operations (EBIT) to EUR 53.4 million (EUR 44.7 million).

• Economic transition of shares by 31st December 2010
• Successful partnership – Foundations laid for future MLP wealth management expansion
• Horst Schneider appointed as new head of MLP wealth management

Wiesloch, 30th October 2007 - As scheduled, MLP AG has exercised its option rights to acquire the remaining 43.4 percent in Feri Finance AG.

• Repurchase of 1.8 percent of share capital
• MLP CEO Dr. Uwe Schroeder-Wildberg: “This decision emphasises our confidence in MLP’s future perspectives”

Wiesloch, 11th October 2007 - MLP AG continues its share buyback programme.

Wiesloch, 4th September 2007 - Muhyddin Suleiman has been appointed to the MLP AG Executive Board with immediate effect and will take over responsibility for sales and marketing.

• Profit from operations (EBIT) climbs to EUR 32.3 million
• Total income rises to EUR 270.9 million (plus 10 percent)
• Q2: High momentum in old-age provision business

Wiesloch, 8th August 2007 - The financial services company MLP increased its profit from operations (EBIT) in the first half of the year by 31 percent to EUR 32.3 million (EUR 24.6 million).

• Independent product selection combined with personal advice
• Interest rates significantly lower than with traditional branch banks
• Gerhard Frieg, member of the MLP Executive Board: “Selective reinforcement of an important segment of our integrated advisory approach”

Wiesloch, 23th July 2007 - The financial services company MLP and the mortgage broker Interhyp will engage in a joint venture.

• Personnel appointments now defined following completion of the merger between MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG and MLP Bank AG

• The new structure will allow better control of operating business 

Wiesloch, 13th July 2007 - Following the successful merger of MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG with MLP Bank AG, MLP has reorganised management responsibilities in line with the new corporate structure.

• Focus on profitable growth markets

Wiesloch, 10th July 2007 - MLP is withdrawing from the non-profitable markets in Great Britain and Spain and will, in the future, be focussing on the profitable foreign activities in Austria and the Netherlands as well as upon its core market, Germany.

Wiesloch, 20th June 2007 - Nils Frowein, Chief Financial Officer at MLP AG, has resigned in friendly agreement from the MLP AG Executive Board with effect from 30th June 2007 in order to take on new professional challenges.

• Regular dividend payment increase by one third to 40 (30) cents per share
• The MLP Executive and Supervisory Board have been discharged by the AGM in Mannheim with more than 97 percent

Mannheim, 31st May 2007 – MLP AG shareholders today voted to accept all agenda items with a large majority at the ordinary Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mannheim’s “Rosengarten”.

• MLP Annual General Meeting opened in Mannheim’s “Rosengarten”
• Shareholders to vote in favour of share buyback program
• Further development of group structure

Mannheim, 31st May 2007 – Supervisory Board Chairman Manfred Lautenschläger opened the MLP AG Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mannheim’s “Rosengarten”.

Wiesloch, 11th May 2007 – In a unanimous vote, the MLP AG Supervisory Board has appointed Gerhard Frieg to the MLP AG Board of Directors for a further five years until 18th May 2012.

• Total income rises to EUR 144.7 million (11 percent increase)
• EBIT grows by 34 percent to EUR 16.7 million
• Net profit climbs from EUR 8.5 to 9.9 million

Wiesloch, 9th May 2007 - The financial services company MLP has made a successful start to 2007, posting substantial first-quarter gains in all the key figures.

Wiesloch, 30th March 2007 - The MLP AG Supervisory Board voted unanimously to extend Chief Executive Officer Uwe Schroeder-Wildberg's contract by a further five years.

• Preliminary operating results for 2006 confirmed
• Profit before tax increase by 28 percent to EUR 90.8 million
• Regular dividend payment set to increase by one third to 40 cents per share
• Business development as scheduled in the first quarter

Wiesloch, 27th March 2007 - At today's financial press conference, MLP AG confirmed the business results for 2006 which had been previously announced in February.

• Accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development
• Attestation to the high quality of professional training and higher education

Wiesloch, 23th March 2007 – The MLP Corporate University has been accredited by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).

• Regular dividend payment for the business year 2006 set to rise to 40 cents per share (previous year: 30 cents)
• MLP’s Chief Executive Officer Uwe Schroeder-Wildberg: “MLP is continuing its philosophy of implementing a sustainable and calculable dividend policy”

Wiesloch, 15th March 2007 – Following the completion of a successful business year, the Executive Board of MLP AG is proposing a dividend payment of 40 cents per share.

• Profit before tax (EBT) climbs from EUR 70.8 to 90.8 million
• Total income rises to EUR 588.4 million
• Positive development in new consultant recruitment
• Forecast 2007: EUR 110 million EBIT (2006: EUR 84.9 million)

Wiesloch, 13th February 2007 - Following dynamic business development in the fourth quarter, the financial services company MLP posted a pre-tax profit (EBT) of EUR 90.8 million for the financial year 2006, equating to an increase of 28 percent over the previous year (EUR 70.8 million).