Clearstream Shows Strong Growth Levels In February 2007

Clearstream processed 2.38 million international transactions in February 2007, a 4% rise over February 2006 (2.28 million). Of these transactions, 74 percent were Over the Counter (OTC) transactions and 26 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions. Domestic settlement transactions in Germany stood at 3.41 million compared to 3.43 million for the same month last year. Of these transactions 66 percent were stock exchange transactions and 34 percent OTC transactions.

The value of assets under custody on behalf of customers rose to a new high of € 9.9 trillion, a 9 percent rise from February 2006 (€ 9.1 trillion). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business experienced a rise of 12 percent from € 4.1 trillion to € 4.6 trillion. On the domestic German business, securities held under custody rose by 7 percent from € 5.0 trillion to € 5.4 trillion.

For the Global Securities Financing services monthly average outstandings reached a record high at EUR 316.5 billion. The combined services, which includes triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of over 46 percent from the same month last year (February 2006: EUR 216.30 billion).

In the Investment Funds services, business continues to grow with 351.601 transactions processed in February, over 9 percent more than a year ago (321.179).