Borussia Dortmund announces preliminary results of the fiscal year 2015/2016

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Borussia Dortmund recorded with EUR 376.3 m. the highest revenues in its club history.

In the past financial year 2015/2016 (01.07.2015 - 30.6.2016) the Borussia Dortmund Group improved its consolidated revenues by 36.3% to EUR 376.3 m. (previous year EUR 276.0 m.). Even without transfer revenues and despite of a non-participation in the UEFA Champions League the group revenues increased by 6.7% to a new record amount of EUR 281.3 m. (previous year EUR 263.6 m.)

Consolidated net profit of the group amounted to EUR 29.4 m. (previous year EUR 5.5 m.). The consolidated earnings before taxes (EBT) amounted to EUR 34.3 m. (previous year EUR 6.0 m.). Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounted to EUR 86.7 m. (previous year EUR 55.6 m.).

The group revenues amounted to EUR 376.3 m. (previous year EUR 276.0 m.) and spread as follows: EUR 46.8 m. (previous year EUR 39.9 m.) match operations; EUR 82.6 m. (previous year EUR 82.1 m.) TV-Rights; EUR 84.6 m. (previous year EUR 75.7 m.) advertising; EUR 95.0 m. (previous year EUR 12.4 m.) transfers; EUR 27.5 m. (previous year EUR 26.6 m.) catering/other and EUR 39.8 m. (previous year EUR 39.3 m.) merchandise.

Gross revenue of the group amounted EUR 379.8 m. (previous year EUR 293.0 m.).

Personnel expenses of the group increased from EUR 117.9 m. (previous year) by EUR 22.3 m. to EUR 140.2 m. Depreciations of the group increased from EUR 42.4 m. (previous year) by EUR 7.8 m. to EUR 50.2 m. Compared to the previous year the other operating expenses increased from EUR 98.8 m. (previous year) by EUR 28.4 m. to EUR 127.2 m; this increase was mainly driven by increased expenses resulting from player transfers in an amount of EUR 31.9 m. (previous year EUR 10.7 m.).

The group financial result improved from EUR -7.2 m. (previous year) by EUR 5.1 m. to EUR -2.1 m. Profit after taxes of the group in the fiscal year 2015/2016 amounted to EUR 29.4 m. (previous year EUR 5.5 m.).

The statements above are key figures determined in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) of the group financial statement of Borussia Dortmund.

The revenues in the individual financial statement of the company in the past fiscal year 2015/2016 (01.07.2015 - 30.6.2016) amounted to EUR 324.3 m. (previous year EUR 233.0 m.). In the individual financial statement the Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA recorded profit after taxes of EUR 28.3 m. (previous year EUR 2.4 m.) Earnings before taxes (EBT) in the individual financial statement amounted EUR 32.9 m. (previous year EUR 3.3 m.), earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) in the individual financial statement amounted EUR 74.1 m. (previous year EUR 43.5 m.).

Given to the result situation the management intends to propose to the supervisory board the payment of a dividend in an amount of 0.06 EUR per share for the decision to be jointly taken regarding the proposal of appropriation of profits to the annual shareholders' meeting 2016. The supervisory board will adopt a decision about this in its meeting on September 8th, 2016; the final decision however is solely incumbent upon the annual shareholders' meeting.

Dortmund, August 19th, 2016

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Today Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA will hold an annual press conference regarding the preliminary results of the fiscal year 2015/2016 in Dortmund on 12:00 CET which can be followed real-time via LIVE-Streaming hosted at our IR website http://aktie.bvb.de/eng.

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