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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

MLP Analyst Conference 1 MLP


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

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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

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High demand for qualified and individual consultation

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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.

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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

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  • 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* img-3.jpeg *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

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  • 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

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  • 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 img-6.jpeg

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

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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.

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Group EBT target 2005 - 2007

Reconciliation of EBT in EUR million

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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

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img-11.jpeg Consultants

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Productivity and revenue increase in the brokerage business segment

Revenue per consultant in '000

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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

img-14.jpeg EBT segment Consultation and sales in million Euro

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Recurring business creates stability

Segment consultation and sales*

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  • 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

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