DGAP-News: Aragon confirms strong preliminary figures and publishes its Annual Report 2007

ARAGON AG / Final Results

15.04.2008 

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++ Aragon confirms strong preliminary figures and publishes its Annual
   Report 2007

++ Aragon presents new Corporate Design

Following the publication of its preliminary figures at the end of March,
financial services provider Aragon AG today presented its annual report for
2007. The figures published on 31 March this year have been comprehensively
confirmed.

With revenue growth of 88.5% to EUR 115.75m (previous year: EUR 61.42m) and
a rise in EBITDA of 157.6% to EUR 10.73m (previous year: EUR 4.16m), the
company in 2007 delivered another record result. At 370.7%, the increase in
cash flow from operating activities was even more substantial and resulted
in a figure of EUR 15.48m (previous year: EUR 3.29m).

Retail Sales, the company’s strongest segment, achieved a significant
reduction of 2.2 percentage points in the total cost ratio, which was down
from 19.2% in 2006 to 17% in the reporting year. The fact that this
indicator rose by 0.1 percentage points at Group level, from 22.5% to
22.6%, is attributable to the scheduled integration of the securities
procurement into biw Bank für Investments und Wertpapiere AG. This
investment in the future of the Banking & Banking Services segment will
further increase the bank’s profitability, since economies of scale arising
from the rapidly expanding brokerage business can now be fully exploited
throughout the bank.

Dr. Sebastian Grabmaier, CEO of Aragon AG, was delighted about the results,
commenting: 'All our business divisions reported excellent news in 2007.'
He continued: 'The figures presented validate our strategy of integrating
different sales models and confirm that we are on course for future growth
and success.'

Ralph Konrad, CFO of Aragon AG, added: 'General conditions in the financial
services sector are currently undergoing fundamental changes. Anyone
wishing to profit from this process of change needs to play an active part
in shaping it. Aragon intends to pursue proactive acquisition-based growth
alongside organic growth in the future.'

In addition to presenting the strong figures today, Aragon launched its
distinct new corporate design. In future, the company is active under the
brand 'Aragon Financial Services'.

The annual report is now available on the company’s website at
www.aragon-ag.com.

++ About Aragon AG

Aragon is a broad diversified financial services company, with the
divisions: Retail Sales, Institutional Sales and Banking & Banking
Services. Aragon is active on the marketplace with multiple independent
subsidiaries. The company’s aim is to integrate various distribution models
under one roof, without disturbing the individual identity of each sales
company. The result is a wide diversification across various asset classes
and distribution types, which generates a high stability in corporate
earnings. Further information about the company and its subsidiaries can be
viewed on the website: www.aragon-ag.com.

Contact:
Aragon Aktiengesellschaft
Achim Pfeffer
Head of Investor Relations
Tel.: +49(0)611 890 575-574
Fax:  +49(0)611 890 575-99
E-Mail: achim.pfeffer@aragon-ag.de


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