EANS-News: C-QUADRAT Investment AG / C-QUADRAT Investment AG reports Q1-3/2009 results

• Operating income EUR 24.4 million

• Profit before tax EUR 3.1 million

• Net profit EUR 3.0 million

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9-month report

Subtitle: • Operating income EUR 24.4 million
• Profit before tax EUR 3.1 million
• Net profit EUR 3.0 million

Wien (euro adhoc) - Vienna / Frankfurt, 16.11.09. C-QUADRAT
Investment AG (ISIN AT0000613005) finished the first nine months of
2009 with EUR 24.4 million in total operating income (Q1-3/2008: EUR
25 million), EUR 3.1 million in profit before tax (2008: EUR 3.2
million) and EUR 3.0 million in net profit (2008: EUR 2.8 million).

Operating income in Q1-3/2009 amounted to EUR 24.4 million
(Q1-3/2008: EUR 25 million; down 2.2%). Performance fees accounted
for EUR 3.2 million of operating income in the period under review
(Q1-3/2008: EUR 0.5 million). Fee and commission expenses were 15%
higher year-on-year (Q1-3/2008: EUR 12.2 million). The company´s
personnel expenses were EUR 4.5 million in the first nine months of
the year (Q1-3/2008: EUR 5.4 million; down 18%), while remaining
operating expenses were 39% lower year-on-year at EUR 3.4 million
(Q1-3/2008: EUR 5.5 million). A positive profit before tax of EUR 3.1
million was achieved in the first nine months of 2009, with net
profit amounting to EUR 3.0 million (Q1-3/2008: EUR 2.8 million).

"Due to the good performance of C-QUADRAT funds, the company was able
to generate substantial performance fees and return to profitability
in the third quarter of 2009", said Alexander Schütz, C-QUADRAT
founder and Management Board member, in comments on the company´s
third-quarter results.

The interim report of C-QUADRAT Investment AG for the third quarter
of 2009 is now available for download in the Investor Relations
section of the www.c-quadrat.at website.

C-QUADRAT- the fund company - is an independent asset manager
operating across Europe. Founded in 1991, the company has had is own
asset management company with a bank licence since 2003 and has been
listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since
November 2006 and at the Vienna Stock Exchange since May 2008. The
C-QUADRAT team has made a name for itself across Europe with its
asset management, analysis and investment fund management activities.
Innovative investment strategies for institutional investors round
off the product offering. Many banks, insurance companies and
financial service providers operating internationally rely on the
expertise of C-QUADRAT.

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Further inquiry note:

Andreas Wimmer

Member of the Board

C-QUADRAT Investment AG

Stubenring 2

A-1010 Wien

Tel.: +43 1 515 66 316

Mail: a.wimmer@investmentfonds.at

www.c-quadrat.com

Branche: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: AT0000613005
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Index: Standard Market Auction
Börsen: Frankfurt / official market
Wien / official market