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ots Ad hoc-Service: comdirect bank AG <DE0005428007> comdirect: 545,000 customers as at 30 June 2000 Customer numbers almost doubled in first half year

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comdirect: 545,000 customers as
at 30 June 2000 Customer numbers almost doubled in first half year
comdirect bank AG (WKN 542 800), Quickborn, direct broker, has
continued to build on its competitive edge in the first six months of
this year. Figures for the first six months of 2000 clearly underline
the market leadership of comdirect as Europe s largest online broker.
In the period from 1 January to 30 June 2000 comdirect just about
doubled its number of customers, with an increase of 268,000, from
277,000 to about 545,000. As a percentage, this represents an
increase of 97 percent. In the same period, the share of direct
brokerage, core business of comdirect, increased at the
over-proportional rate of 123 percent to 505,000 customers. In the
second quarter of 2000 alone, comdirect gained over 170,000 new
direct brokerage customers.
Assets under management increased as at 30 June 2000 by Euro
5,678.2 million to Euro 11,867.3 million. This represents a growth in
the volume of investments and securities accounts at comdirect of 92
percent over the previous year, and this despite consolidations in
share markets earlier this year. Investment funds at Euro 1,086.0
million account for a 12 percent share of the overall volume of
securities accounts.
Orders also recorded high growth rates. In the first six months
8.3 million securities orders were posted (first half year 1999: 2.0
million). In all, comdirect carried out a total of 5.4 million
securities orders (first half year 1999: 1.6 million).
The dynamic growth of the company, which on 31 July 2000 will make
an unscheduled move upwards in the Neuer-Markt-Index NEMAX 50, has
also been reflected in a rise in the number of employees to 1,337 as
at 30 June 2000.

Contact:

comdirect bank AG Thomas Berger, Investor Relations Phone ++49 /
4106 / 704-1960 Fax ++49 / 4106 / 704-1100 e-mail:
thomas.berger@comdirect.de http://www.comdirect.de and
http:/www.comdirect-ag.de

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