Deutsche Börse AGM Approves Dividend Of €0.55 - The Lord Peter Levene And Alessandro Profumo Elected To The Supervisory Board

The Annual General Meeting of Deutsche Börse AG announced Wednesday the distribution of a dividend of € 0.55 per share for fiscal year 2003 i.e. 25 percent higher than last year. €61.5 million of the €135 million net profit is to be distributed, up 25 percent on 2002.

The AGM elected The Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken KBE and Alessandro Profumo as new members of the Supervisory Board. The Lord Peter Levene is Chairman of Lloyd’s, Alessandro Profumo is Chief Executive Officer of UniCredito Italiano. The Lord Peter Levene and Alessandro Profumo are following Sandra J. Jaffee, Executive Vice President, Citibank and Harold Hörauf, personally liable partner HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt who stepped down from their posts at the end of the AGM.