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 Thursday October 18 2001
Results AOT third quarter 2001
AOT: the third quarter of 2001 was marked by a quiet start. By late August, increasing uncertainty regarding the economic growth led to increased trading volumes. The terrorist attacks in the United States and the ensuing fears resulted in uncertain, volatile trade. "The long term consequences of the attacks in the US for the trade are difficult to predict.

Tuesday September 18 2001
AOT: purchase own shares
At the presentation of the half-year figures 2001, AOT announced that it would buy back its own shares up to a maximum of 10%. Today AOT N.V. has purchased 350,000 shares at current market levels. The transaction is financed from own resources. This brings the total number of purchased shares to 683,000. AOT will release its third quarter figures on 18 October 2001.

Tuesday September 11 2001
AOT: purchase own shares
At the presentation of the half-year figures 2001, AOT announced that it would buy back its own shares up to a maximum of 10%. Today AOT N.V. has purchased 333,000 shares (1.33%) at current market levels. This transaction is financed from own resources.. AOT is one of Europe's largest independent trading companies in securities and derivatives, and uses a strong IT and quantitative research team.

Thursday June 28 2001
AOT profit forecast Q2 2001
Despite the very challenging market conditions, AOT expects to close the second quarter with a modest profit. Although all operations booked a positive trading result, AOT expects these results to be sharply lower across the board than the result booked in the excellent second quarter of 2000. Due to the large transactions in the professional area, the brokerage activities reported encouraging results.

Monday March 5 2001
AOT 4Q net rises 8% to EUR 8 mln on trading surge
AOT said fourth- quarter profit rose 8% as trading of stocks and options increased. Profit for the first quarter of 2001 will be substantially lower than a year earlier, "due to the lack of any real movement on the markets", the company said in a faxed statement. AOT didn't make a forecast for the full year.

Wednesday October 18 2000
AOT figures third quarter 2000
AOT N.V. doubled its trading income in the third quarter 2000 compared with the same period of 1999. Excellent results in international derivatives activities AOT booked excellent results in the third quarter. Pre-tax trading income more than doubled to EUR 19.6 million in the period, compared with EUR 8.5 million in the third quarter of 1999.

Friday August 4 2000
AOT H1 net profit up 28%
AOT reported on Friday net profit for the first-half of 2000 increased 28% to EUR 17.3 mln, compared with net profit of EUR 13.6 mln the company booked in the comparible period of 1999. Earnings per share for the first-half of 2000 increased 19% to EUR 0.69, compared with earnings per share of EUR 0.58 for the first-half of 1999.

Wednesday April 19 2000
AOT 1Q net up 23%
AOT reported on Wednesday net profit for the first quarter of the year increased 23% to EUR 8.7 mln, compared with EUR 7.1 mln for the first quarter of 1999. Earnings per share increased 23% from EUR 0.30 in 1999 to EUR 0.37 in 2000. AOT said volumes and a volatile market enabled it to present a good result.

Friday February 18 2000
Bourse says AOT profit warning too late
The Amsterdam stock exchange issued a statement on Friday saying that market maker AOT failed to issue a profit warning as prescribed in bourse regulations. The bourse said that AOT chairman Sasker de Boer was optimistic about earnings developments in a September 27 interview with Beursplein 5. On October 21, however, AOT published considerably lower first-half operating profit.

Wednesday February 9 2000
AOT net profit down 44%
AOT reported on Wednesday preliminary net profit for 1999 fell by 44% to EUR 16.2 mln, compared to net profit of EUR 16.2 mln AOT booked in 1998. Net profit was depressed by an extra-ordinary charge of EUR 1.2 mln due to the closure of AOT's office in Vienna and the sale of AOT Money Brokers. Net earnings per share came to EUR 0.68, compared to EUR 1.23 in 1998.

Wednesday November 24 1999
AOT receives subsidy for new software
AOT has received a government subsidy for the development of new software for equity derivatives trading. AOT said that the request for the subsidy was granted because it would be an innovative software project. The amount of the subsidy was not disclosed.

Monday November 8 1999
AOT remarks investigated by AEX
The Amsterdam stock exchange said on Monday that it would investigate remarks made by AOT chairman Sasker de Boer in an October edition of the weekly investors magazine Beursplein 5. In the article, De Boer said he was optimistic about how the brokerage was performing. Three weeks later he presented disappointing third-quarter earnings. De Boer said yesterday he was not familiar with the figures, nor had the third quarter been completed, when he gave the interview on September 27.

Thursday October 21 1999
AOT reports Q3 loss of EUR 4.8 mln
AOT on Thursday posted a third quarter loss of EUR 4.8 mln compared to a profit of 5.6 million in the same period of last year. The results include a 1.2 million euro charge linked to the sale of AOT Moneybrokers and the closure of the AOT office in Vienna. The securities trader and market maker trimmed its forecast for the second half of 1999 after suffering "an extremely difficult third quarter." AOT had previously predicted second half results this year would be in line with the same period in 1998 when it unveiled a 17.5 million euro net profit.

Wednesday July 21 1999
AOT H1 net profit down 26%
AOT reported on Wednesday net profit for the first-half of 1999 dropped by 26% to EUR 13.6 mln, compared with net profit of EUR 18.3 mln the company booked in the comparible period of 1998. Turnover on the options exchange fell between 25% and 30% in the first-half of 1999. Earnings per share for the first-half of 1999 dropped by 27% to EUR 0.58, compared with earnings per share of EUR 0.79 for the first-half of 1998.

AOT H1 net falls, year net seen down
Dutch securities trader AOT said on Wednesday its net profit fell to EUR 13.6 mln in the first half of 1999 from EUR 18.3 mln in the year-ago period and added it expected second-half profits would be about the same as in 1998. After the release of the figures, AOT's share price fell by about 5% as analysts and traders expressed disappointed in the company's forecast in particular.

Friday May 14 1999
AOT founder steps down
AOT founder J. Dreesens plans to step down as supervisory board member at AOT's upcoming shareholders' meeting on May 19. Dreesens trades on the AEX commodity futures market AAT and fears a conflict of interest with AOT, which is also active in commodity futures trade. His move follows tighter rules on conflicts of interest among top executives at security companies.

Monday April 19 1999
AOT reports Q1 net down 17%
AOT reported on Monday net profit for the first quarter of 1999 decreased 17% to NLG 15.6 mln, compared with net profit of NLG 18.7 mln for the comparible period of 1998. Earnings per share decreased 17% from NLG 0.80 to NLG 0.66. AOT said lower volumes and flat prices on the Amsterdam stock exchange caused the lower profit. AOT said that its income had been hit by the new price rules. The impact of the new rules became fully visible in the 1999 first quarter.

Tuesday March 30 1999
AOT, Labouchere call off merger
Dutch securities trader and market maker AOT and Aegon's banking unit, Labouchere, said on Tuesday that they had called off a planned merger. Merger talks have halted because the CEO of AOT, Sasker de Boer, would not be available for a position on the executive board of the new firm, Labouchere, AOT and Aegon said in a joint statement.

Friday March 19 1999
AOT acquires 60% of US market maker
AOT said on Friday it would take a 60% stake in Chicago-based market maker Wescott Trading (WST). AOT said the buy would have an immediate contribution to its results. No further financial details were disclosed. AOT, promoted to the Dutch mid-cap AMX index in February, said the acquisition was a good fit with its strategy to expand option-trading activities in the United States. The remaining 40% of the shares will stay in the hands of WST management, AOT said in a statement.

Thursday February 25 1999
AOT reports net up 69%
AOT reported on Thursday net profit for 1998 increased 69% to NLG 78.9 mln, compared with NLG 46.8 mln for 1997. Earnings per share rose by 69% from NLG 2.01 to NLG 3.36. Without extraordinary income net result increased to NLG 63.2 mln. AOT expects to start trading options listed on the Paris options exchange Monep from its Amsterdam offices within two to three weeks.

Thursday January 21 1999
AOT earnings growth slows
AOT reported 1998 net profit rose by 68% to NLG 79 mln. AOT said profits slumped in the final quarter, slowing earnings growth for the year. AIT chairman Sasker de Boer said the hectic action on the bourse adversely affected its market making operations in the last three months of the year. In the first half, AOT doubled its net profit year-on-year.

Monday January 18 1999
AOT's market maker separate bourse listing
AOT said on Monday that it is planning to give its market maker's activities a separate listing on the Amsterdam stock exchange. Earlier AOT said it would sell its market maker's activities to a group of friendly investors, following the merger between AOT and Bank Labouchere. The market maker's activities will be split off from AOT and be sold for NLG 375 mln to a holding company called AOT Hoekman.

Friday October 16 1998
AOT, Bank Labouchere new merger proposal
AOT and Bank Labouchere have drawn up a new merger proposal in which the combine's market making activities would be strictly seperated from banking and broking activities. The proposal follows the refusal of the Amsterdam stock exchange to change its rule forbidding banks and market makers from holding more than 25% in each other. The new plan has been approved by the Amsterdam stock exhange and the Dutch central bank. Securities regulator STE is expected to rule on it next week.

Wednesday October 14 1998
AOT statement expected on merger with Bank Labouchere
AOT is expected to issue a statement this week on the progress of its merger with Bank Labouchere. The statement is also expected to provide more clarity about the share issue that had been planned to finance the Labouchere takeover.

Wednesday September 23 1998
Goed Gedaan traders to AOT
A group of 18 traders has left market maker Goed Gedaan Options and joined rival AOT. Goed Gedaan is one of the market maker firms which ran into liquidity problems three weeks ago when share prices began to plunge. The group, which wished to remain together, will be merged with AOT's traders. AOT had been planning to expand for some time, but overcrowding on the floor of the Amsterdam options exchange forced it to postpone its ambitions.

Friday August 14 1998
Bank Labouchere H1 net doubles
Bank Labouchere, the securities unit of Aegon that is being sold to AOT, reports net profit for the first-half of 1998 almost doubled to NLG 70.4 mln, compared with NLG 35.4 mln for the 1997 first-half. Revenues increased to NLG 231. Operating result doubled from NLG 55.2 mln to NLG 111.0 mln.

Thursday July 16 1998
AOT net profit almost doubles
AOT reports net profit for the first half of 1998 almost doubled to NLG 40.4 mln, compared with NLG 20.9 mln for the first half of 1997. Earnings per share increased with 94% from NLG 4.47 to NLG 8.65.

Thursday June 18 1998
Labouchere and French CDC in joint venture
Bank Labouchere and Caisse des Depots (CDC) of France wants to setup a securities storing joint venture to under the name CDC Labouchere Securities Services. Bank Labouchere will bring in its current activities in the field and CDC its Dutch portfolio. Bank Labouchere is to take a 49% stake in the new company and CDC a 51% stake.

Wednesday June 10 1998
Aegon's Labouchere to merge with AOT
Aegon is to sell its investment banking unit Bank Labouchere to broker Amsterdam Options Traders (AOT). AOT and Labouchere are to merge to create Bank AOT Labouchere. The transaction will be financed by the issue of new AOT shares to Aegon. Aegon said it would obtain 8,057,000 shares in the combined AOT Labouchere group.

Thursday April 23 1998
AOT reports Q1 net result jumps 75%
AOT reports net profit for the first quarter of 1998 jumped 75% to NLG 18.7 mln, compared with NLG 10.7 mln for the comparible period in 1997. Earnings per share rose to NLG 4.02 from NLG 2.29. All segments contributed to the improvement of results. AOT puts the increase down to a number of factors, including an increase in the number of private investors.

Wednesday April 1 1998
AOT forecasts profit growth
AOT forecasts net profit will show a significant increase, the market maker said at the presentation of its annual report. The increase is due partly to the acquisition of Wolbers, and a further rise in share turnover. AOT's net profit increased by 137% at NLG 46.8 mln, compared with NLG 19.7 mln for the previous year. Revenues increased 74% from NLG 89.4 mln to NLG 155.3 mln. Earnings per share rose 114% from NLG 4.69 to NLG 10.03.

Friday March 27 1998
AOT acquires market specialist Wolbers
AOT is to acquire market specialist firm Wolbers as soon as the stock exchange moves to its new trading floor. Wolbers specialises in technology stocks ASML and Baan, among others. The acquisition will boost AOT's share of the market specialist market by 8% to 32%. The rest of the market is in the hands of Van der Moolen (35%) and Bever Holding (33%).

Thursday January 15 1998
AOT reports net profit NLG 46.8 mln for 1997
Amsterdam Option Traders reports a net profit of NLG 46.8 mln, including an extraordinary charge of NLG 0.4 mln, for 1997 (1996: NLG 19.7 mln). Earnings per share NLG 10.03 against NLG 4.96 in 1996. In the final quarter AOT booked a net profit of NLG 9.7 mln (1996: NLG 5.4 mln).

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