The eTrade Center Project started in October 2006 and is still under construction. We are currently optimizing our databases and working on several different language versions.

Our aim is to achieve long-term success, market acceptance and to boost confidence in electronic trade and network platforms such as the eTrade Center. It is not about fast money. We do not expect our customers to pay for a system that is still partly in test-phase and not yet technically mature.

For this reason, use of the eTrade Center will be completely cost- and obligation-free until the end of the year.

We expect that use of the eTrade Center will become a fee-based service from July 2007 onwards.