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MLP SE — Investor Presentation 2005
Apr 20, 2005
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Quality ensures values
MLP Analyst Conference 2005
Dr. Uwe Schroeder-Wildberg, Chairman and CEO
Nils Frowein, CFO
Frankfurt am Main, 20th April 2005
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Outline
- Highlights 2004
- Prevailing conditions and market environment
- Additional growth areas until 2007
- MLP Wealth Management
- Occupational pension schemes
- Foreign operations
- Review 2004 / Forecast until 2007
- Summary
MLP Analyst Conference - Outline 2 MLP
Highlights 2004
MLP closes business year with record figures
| Total revenue | 703.3 EUR mln. | +31% |
|---|---|---|
| EBIT | 98.2 EUR mln. | +24% |
| Net profit | 51.4 EUR mln. | +31% |
| Cash and equivalents | 234.5 EUR mln. | +88% |
| EPS | 0.47 EUR | +31% |
| Dividends | 0.22 EUR | +47% |
| Revenue per consultant | 0.217 EUR mln. | +49% |
- The most successful business year in MLP's history
- New strategic direction with far-reaching implications
- Superior productivity and profitability
- Clearly increased independence
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New strategic direction
Extensive restructuring of the MLP Group
- Independence strengthened
- Focus on core business areas
- Risk reduction
- Decreasing complexity
- Increasing transparency
- Strengthening added value
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Increasing complexity in old-age provision
From pillars to layers

High demand for qualified and individual consultation
MLP Analyst Conference - Market environment
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Favourable prevailing conditions
Optimum prerequisites in MLP’s core market
- Major cuts in state health and pension provisions
- New pension legislation leads to high shortfalls in provisions
- Increasing complexity requires individual consultation and advice
- Qualified consultation and intelligent solutions become increasingly important
- Focus moves to coverage for longevity risk
- EU-broker guidelines increase standards for consulting quality, documentation and consultants’ qualifications
MLP expects high long-term growth rates in its key markets of private old-age provisions and occupational pensions
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Growth market old-age provision
High premium volume forecast in MLP's core business field
New premiums in € bn.

Source: Infratest 2004/McKinsey.
- State pension cover will decline in the long-term
- High new premiums forecast for coming years
- Occupational pension schemes will see particularly strong growth rates
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Additional growth areas
Offensive up until 2007
- Targeted expansion of MLP Asset Management
- Consequent exhaustion of occupational pension schemes potential
- Strengthening foreign operations systematically
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Targeted expansion of MLP Wealth Management
Structured asset formation for the client

- Comprehensive asset structuring as USP for MLP
- Systematic development of growth potential in the wealth management area
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Low average age offers high potential
Targeted expansion of MLP Wealth Management
MLP clients by age*
*As per: 31.12.2004
- MLP clients' incomes and savings quotas clearly exceed average levels
- The average age of an MLP client is 35.5 years
- Already 25 per cent of clients are older than 40
- The number of clients over 40 years of age will double within five years
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Growing value-added potential in the wealth management area
Targeted expansion of MLP Wealth Management
Sales revenue MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG p.a. by age and product type

- Share of old-age provision declines over time
- Wealth management becomes more important as clients grow older
- Clients expect a maximum degree of individuality
- Current basis: approx. 890 EUR revenue per client and year
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Management-Agenda
Targeted expansion of MLP Wealth Management
- Build up Wealth Management area to a core competence field
- MLP Bank becomes a competence centre
- Differentiation from competitors with independent product selection and integral consulting approach
- Individual offers for premium clients
Objectives 2007

- Doubling funds under management from EUR 2.5 bn.* (2004) to EUR 5 bn.
*without unit-linked life and pension insurance.
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Major market opportunities in the occupational pensions segment
Consequent exhaustion of occupational pension schemes potential
- MLP has the following important USP’s:
- Independence
- High quality sales force, covering large areas
- Competence and know-how in all occupational pension issues
- Developing market shares in the growing occupational pension market
- High cross-selling-potential within the target group
Objectives 2007
- MLP establishes itself as the number one for high penetration quotas
- EUR 40 mln. contribution to total revenues
- More than EUR 10 mln. profit contribution
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Strengthening foreign operations systematically
Foreign operations are an integral part of MLP business model
- Break even in 2005
- Increase operational growth further
- Targeted acquisitions to build up market position
- Development to become a financial services provider with a European focus
Objectives 2007 (organic)
→ Contribution to sales of EUR 48 mln. (+ 168% over 2004) → Profit contribution of EUR 5 mln.
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Group total revenue and EBT
MLP Group in EUR million
Total revenue

- Excluding proceeds of EUR 82.8 mln. from the sale of interest in MLP-Lebensversichtung AG, Wien

MLP Analyst Conference – Review 2004 15 MLP
Group income statement
In EUR mln.
| 2004 | 2003 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total revenues | 703.3 | 536.2 |
| Change in deferred acquisition costs | 88.1 | 89.4 |
| Expenses for brokerage business | -251.5 | -156.6 |
| Expenses for insurance business | -121.2 | -106.5 |
| Expenses for banking business | -11.5 | -12.2 |
| Personnel expenses | -81.9 | -82.8 |
| Depreciation and amortisation expense | -25.5 | -25.4 |
| Other operating expenses | -201.5 | -162.7 |
| Profit from operations (EBIT) | 98.2 | 79.4 |
| Other interest and similar income | 2.9 | 1.8 |
| Other interest and similar expenses | -13.4 | -12.2 |
| Finance cost | -10.5 | -10.4 |
| Profit before tax (EBT) | 87.7 | 68.9 |
| Taxes | -36.3 | -29.7 |
| Net profit for the year | 51.4 | 39.3 |
- Change in DAC remains flat due to greater amortisation and higher reinsurance activity
- Expenses for brokerage business increased due to a better performance of branch offices
- Other operating expenses include restructuring costs of EUR 21.3 mln. and an increase in allowance on loans to consultants by EUR 9.6
- Finance cost includes interest expense related to Factoring of EUR 7.7 mln.
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Group balance sheet
In EUR mln.
| Assets | 31 Dec 2004 | 31 Dec 2003 |
|---|---|---|
| Intangible assets | 60.3 | 61.3 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 117.4 | 123.2 |
| Financial assets | 204.6 | 162.5 |
| Investments held on account and at risk of life insurance policy holders | 1,564.1 | 1,183.8 |
| Reinsurance receivables | 30.5 | 19.5 |
| Receivables due from banking business | 371.6 | 316.4 |
| Accounts receivable and other assets | 128.0 | 182.5 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 191.0 | 51.5 |
| Deferred acquisition costs (DAC) | 357.6 | 269.5 |
| Deferred tax assets | 51.5 | 49.9 |
| Prepaid expenses | 9.8 | 7.6 |
| 3,086.2 | 2,427.6 | |
| Shareholders’s equity and liabilities | ||
| Shareholders’ equity | 289.0 | 253.8 |
| Minority interest | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Insurance provisions | 431.6 | 315.6 |
| Insurance provisions for investments held on account and at risk of life insurance policy holders | 1,564.1 | 1,183.8 |
| Other provisions | 192.5 | 141.0 |
| Reinsurance liabilities | 36.6 | 49.9 |
| Liabilities due to banking business | 355.4 | 302.6 |
| Other liabilities | 213.3 | 178.4 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Deferred income | 1.5 | 0.6 |
| 3,086.2 | 2,427.6 |
- Investments held on account of policyholders increased due to premium income and stock market performance
- Accounts receivables decreased due to the reduction or receivables against consultants from EUR 77.9 mln. to EUR 30.8 mln.
- Shareholder’s equity up due to profit appropriation
- Change in provisions for taxes, bonus programme and cancellations amount to EUR 45.1 mln.
- Cash and Cash equivalents up to EUR 191.0 mln. (EUR 51.5 mln.)
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Segment consulting and sales contributes the main share to earnings growth
Overview of nominal change in EBIT per business segment in EUR mln.

MLP Analyst Conference - Review 2004 18 MLP
Group EBT target 2005 - 2007
Reconciliation of EBT in EUR million

Group targets 2007:
- Total revenues at EUR 780 mln.
- EBT at EUR 160 mln.
- New group structure without Life and Non-life insurance
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Sustainable growth in clients and consultants
Clients
Consultants
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Productivity and revenue increase in the brokerage business segment
Revenue per consultant in '000

Total revenue segment Consultation and sales in million Euro

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EBT almost doubles through revenue growth and cost control
Leverage effect shows impact on profits
EBT segment Consultation and sales in million Euro
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Recurring business creates stability
Segment consultation and sales*

- without foreign operations
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MLP's growth model - Targets for 2007
Segment consultation and sales

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Standards set by quality criteria
Summary
Objective
- Europe's most profitable financial services provider
Strategy
- Optimum use of growth conditions in the core business area of old-age provisions
- Generate further growth potential
Actions
- Build up wealth management
- Exhaust potentials in occupational pensions area
- Strengthen foreign operations systematically
Set benchmarks
- Concepts & Products
- Service & Consulting
- Profitability
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Quality ensures values
MLP-Analyst Conference 2005
Dr. Uwe Schroeder-Wildberg, Chairman and CEO
Nils Frowein, CFO
Frankfurt am Main, 20th April 2005
MLP Analyst Conference 26 MLP