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MLP SE

Earnings Release May 15, 2014

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Financial results Q1 2014

Reinhard Loose, CFO

15th May 2014

  • Highlights Q1 2014
  • Key financial figures Q1 2014
  • New business, consultants and clients
  • Outlook and summary
  • Questions and Answers

Highlights Q1 2014

  • Total revenue increases by 3 percent to € 119.8 million, EBIT rises by 10 percent to € 4.4 million
  • Positive early indicators for future revenue development despite the continuingly difficult market environment
  • 20 percent increase in new clients (Q1 2014: 6,000, Q1 2013: 5,000)
  • 15 percent more new business in old-age provision (Q1 2014: € 630 million, Q1 2013: € 550 million)
  • Positive start with the expanded real-estate product offering

  • Highlights Q1 2014

  • Key financial figures Q1 2014
  • New business, consultants and clients
  • Outlook and summary
  • Questions and Answers

Total revenue: € 119.8 million

Total revenue in Q1

[in € million]

Old-age provision, wealth management and nonlife insurance slightly above the previous year

Revenue

[in € million]

Q1 2013 Q1 2014 Δ
in %
Old-age provision 38.9 40.1 3
Wealth management 31.7 32.6 3
Health insurance 13.9 11.4 -18
Non-life insurance 18.2 18.8 3
Loans and mortgages* 2.9 2.9 0
Other commissions and fees 0.7 1.3 86
Interest income 5.9 5.8 -2

* excluding MLP Hyp

MLP benefits from broad-based business model

Revenue from commissions and fees Q1 2014: € 107.1 million (€ 106.4 million)

EBIT rises by 10 percent to € 4.4 million

Income Statement

[in € million]

Q1 2013 Q1 2014
116.4 119.8
4.0 4.4
0.1 0.0
4.1 4.4
-1.0 -1.0
3.2 3.4
0.03 0.03
  • Administration costs of € 63.5 million in Q1 slightly above the previous year due to one-off exceptional costs.
  • Around € 0.6 million of the previously announced € 6 million for one-off investments for the future incurred in Q1.

Strong balance sheet

MLP Group

[in €
million]
31/12/2013 31/03/2014
Intangible assets 155.3 156.3
Financial investments 146.1 180.7
Cash or cash equivalents 46.4 35.9
Other receivables
and other assets
109.2 98.2
Shareholders' equity 374.5 376.9
Equity ratio 24.4% 23.5%
Other liabilities 106.6 85.7
Total 1,536.9 1,605.9

• Core capital ratio of 13.8% still at a high level – but decreased due to Basel III requirements (Dec. 31, 2013: 16.3%).

  • Highlights Q1 2014
  • Key financial figures Q1 2014
  • New business, consultants and clients
  • Outlook and summary
  • Questions and Answers

New business in old-age provision rises by 15 percent to € 630 million

Assets under Management Premium sum: old-age provision

[in € billion] [in € million]

New client acquisition up 20 percent on previous year

Consultants New clients (gross)

  • Highlights Q1 2013
  • Key financial figures Q1 2013
  • New business, consultants and clients
  • Outlook and summary
  • Questions and Answers

Base scenario still sees rise in EBIT to € 65 million in 2014

Outlook

2014 2015
Revenue Old-age Provision + 0
Revenue Health Insurance + +
Revenue Wealth Management + +

positive: +, neutral: 0, negative: -

Forecast base scenario: EBIT of around € 65 million in 2014 and a slight increase in 2015

Significant increase in earnings expected in all scenarios

Outlook

Environment Assumptions EBIT
Upper
Scenario
Significant
improvement in
the market
environment

Hesitancy towards capital market-related provision products largely
disappears

Health insurance develops very positively throughout the market

New areas of potential through real estate brokerage

Disappearance of the negative unisex effect from 2013
~ €
75 m
Base
Scenario
Initial
improvement in
the framework
conditions

Opportunities for products with minor capital market component (long
term care pension, occupational disability, occupational provision)

Slight improvement for capital market-related provision products –
especially through new guarantee concepts

Reduction of uncertainties in health insurance

New areas of potential through real estate brokerage

Disappearance of the negative unisex effect from 2013
~ €
65 m
Lower
Scenario
Continued
hesitancy on the
part of clients

Critical public debate, such as a reduction of the guaranteed
interest rate for life insurance and pension insurance policies,
leads to similar hesitancy as witnessed in 2013

Reduction of uncertainties in health insurance

New areas of potential through real estate brokerage

Disappearance of the negative unisex effect from 2013
~ €
50 m

Administration costs 2014: ~ € 255 million

Summary

  • MLP continues to benefit from the new breadth of the business model
  • Framework conditions remain challenging particularly in health insurance and old-age provision
  • First signs of pick-up in old-age provision as well as revenue growth in wealth management and in non-life insurance
  • Good start with the extended real estate product offering introduced in March
  • As is usual in the MLP business model, it is particularly the second half-year that plays a crucial role in the full-year results
  • Outlook for 2014 reiterated

  • Highlights Q1 2014

  • Key financial figures Q1 2014
  • New business, consultants and clients
  • Outlook and summary
  • Questions and Answers

Contact

MLP Corporate Communications Alte Heerstr. 40 69168 Wiesloch Germany

  • Jan Berg, Head of Corporate Communications
  • Andreas Herzog, Teamhead Investor Relations and Financial Communications

Tel.: +49 (0) 6222 308 8310

Fax: +49 (0) 6222 308 1131

[email protected] www.mlp-ag.com

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