Quarterly statement Q1/2019 - Wirecard AG continues its growth path

Aschheim (Munich) (ots) -

- Transaction volume in Q1/19 increased by 37.4 percent
- Consolidated revenues + 34.8 percent
- EBITDA + 40.7 percent
- Earnings after tax increased by 50.0 percent
- Free cash flow + 73.5 percent
- EBITDA 2019 guidance raised

. Wirecard continues its growth path. In the first quarter 2019
consolidated revenues for the Group increased by 34.8 percent to EUR
566.7 million (Q1/2018: EUR 420.5 million). Transaction volumes
processed through the Wirecard platform grew in the first quarter
2019 by 37.4 percent to EUR 36.7 billion (Q1/2018: EUR 26.7 billion).

Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation
(EBITDA) increased by 40.7 percent to EUR 158.0 million (Q1/2018: EUR
112.3 million). In the reporting period, earnings after tax increased
by 50.0 percent to EUR 106.3 million (Q1/2018: EUR 70.8 million).
Earnings per share amounted to EUR 0.86 (Q1/2018: EUR 0.57).

The cash flow from operating activities (adjusted) amounted to EUR
143.4 million (Q1/2018: EUR 87.4 million). Free cash flow increased
to EUR 124.6 million (Q1/2018: EUR 71.8 million).

Dr. Markus Braun, CEO Wirecard AG says, "The convergence of
digital payment with innovative value-added services in the field of
financial services and data-driven services on one platform will
drive the formation of one of the world's largest growth markets."

The Management Board of Wirecard AG raised its forecast for the
fiscal year 2019 of an EBITDA of between EUR 760 million and EUR 810
million (before: EUR 740 million and EUR 800 million).

The quarterly statement as of 31 March 2019 is available on the
company's website at: ir.wirecard.com/financialreports

About Wirecard:

Wirecard (GER:WDI) is one of the world's fastest growing digital
platforms in the area of financial commerce. We provide both business
customers and consumers with a constantly expanding ecosystem of
real-time value-added services built around innovative digital
payments by using an integrated B2B2C approach. This ecosystem
concentrates on the areas payment & risk, retail & transaction
banking, loyalty & couponing, data analytics & conversion rate
enhancement in all sales channels (online, mobile, ePOS). Wirecard
operates regulated financial institutions in several key markets and
holds issuing and acquiring licenses from all major payment and card
networks. Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (DAX
and TecDAX, ISIN DE0007472060). Visit us on www.wirecard.com, follow
us on Twitter @wirecard and on Facebook @wirecardgroup.

Wirecard Contact:
Iris Stoeckl Tel.: +49 (0) 89-4424-1424 E-Mail:
iris.stoeckl@wirecard.com http://www.wirecard.com ISIN DE0007472060
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