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Exhibit 99.1
INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP ANNOUNCES 1Q2012 RESULTS

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REPORTS COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS PER SHARE OF $0.30, INCOME BEFORE TAXES OF $150 MILLION ON $304 MILLION IN NET REVENUES AND EARNINGS PER SHARE ON NET INCOME OF $0.24.
DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF $0.10 PER SHARE.


GREENWICH, CONN, April 19, 2012 — Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR) an automated global electronic broker and market maker, today reported diluted earnings per share on a comprehensive basis of $0.30 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, compared to diluted earnings per share on a comprehensive basis of $0.41 for the same period in 2011.

Reported results on a comprehensive basis reflect the GAAP convention adopted in 2011 that requires the reporting of currency translation results contained in Other Comprehensive Income as part of reportable earnings. Previously, currency translation results were reported as a component of changes in Total Equity in the Statement of Financial Condition.

On a non-comprehensive basis, which excludes the effect of changes in the U.S. dollar value of the Company’s non-U.S. subsidiaries, the Company reported diluted earnings per share on net income of $0.24 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, compared to diluted earnings per share of $0.38 for the same period in 2011.

Net revenues were $304 million and income before income taxes was $150 million for this quarter, compared to net revenues of $368 million and income before income taxes of $222 million for the same period in 2011.

The Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share.  This dividend is payable on June 14, 2012 to shareholders of record as of June 1, 2012.


Business Highlights

·  
49% pretax profit margin for this quarter.
·  
52% Electronic Brokerage pretax profit margin for this quarter.
·  
46% Market Making pretax profit margin for this quarter.
·  
Customer equity grew 17% from the year-ago quarter to $28.9 billion and customer accounts increased 16%.
·  
Cleared DARTs increased 1% from the year-ago quarter to 391,000.




 
 

 

Segment Overview

Electronic Brokerage
Electronic Brokerage segment income before income taxes decreased 7%, to $83 million, in the quarter ended March 31, 2012 compared to the same period last year.  Commissions and execution fees decreased 8% from the year-ago quarter, reflecting lighter customer trading activity.  Annualized DARTS per cleared customer account were 511 in this quarter, compared to 597 for the same period in 2011.  These declines were consistent with lower industry volumes in this quarter compared to the same period last year.

Customer accounts grew 16% to 195,000 from the year-ago quarter.   Customer equity increased 17%, to $28.9 billion, from the year-ago quarter.  Net interest income grew 14% from the year-ago quarter.  Pretax profit margin was 52% for this quarter, down from 55% in the same period last year.  Total DARTs(1) for cleared and execution-only customers increased 1% to 428,000 from the year-ago quarter.  Cleared DARTs were 391,000 in this quarter, 1% higher than the same period last year.


Market Making
Market Making segment income before income taxes decreased 51%, to $66 million, for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 from the same period in 2011.  This decrease was driven by a swing in currency translation gains, which contributed 80% of the decline, reflecting a $1 million loss in this quarter, compared to a $54 million gain in the year-ago quarter.  Currency translation effects are reported as part of Trading Gains in the Market Making segment.  The remaining decrease reflected lower volatility levels and the actual-to-implied volatility ratio, which was at its lowest level in two years.  This negatively impacted market making profits because trading gains are impacted by actual volatility, while the cost of hedging is driven by implied volatility.  Bid-offer spreads in U.S. options remained stable. Pretax profit margin was 46% in this quarter, compared to 67% in the same quarter last year.  Market Making options contract volume increased 21%; and futures and stock volume decreased 18% and 19%, respectively, from the year-ago quarter.


Effects of Foreign Currency Diversification
In connection with our currency strategy, we have determined to base our net worth in GLOBALs, a basket of major currencies in which we hold our equity.  In this quarter, our currency hedging program increased our comprehensive earnings as the U.S. dollar value of the GLOBAL increased by approximately 0.7%.  The effects of currency hedging are reported as components of (1) Market Making Trading Gains and (2) Other Comprehensive Income, described below.


 
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Comprehensive Income
Reported results on a comprehensive basis reflect the Company’s early adoption of U.S. GAAP guidance (2) issued in June 2011 that requires the presentation of a Statement of Comprehensive Income, replacing the former Statement of Income.  The Statement of Comprehensive Income reports currency translation results that are a component of Other Comprehensive Income (“OCI”) directly in this statement.  Previously, OCI was reported as a component of changes in Total Equity in the Statement of Financial Condition.  In periods prior to the quarter ending June 30, 2011, we reported non-GAAP measures for the purpose of incorporating all currency translation gains and losses in the Statement of Income.  This reporting method is now required under GAAP guidance.


 
(1)
Daily average revenue trades (DARTs) are based on customer orders.
 
(2)
Accounting Standards Update 2011-05, Comprehensive Income.
 
 
 
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Conference Call Information:
Interactive Brokers Group will hold a conference call with investors today, April 19, 2012, at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss its quarterly results.  Investors who would like to listen to the conference call live should dial 877-324-1965 (U.S. domestic) and 631-291-4512 (international). The number should be dialed approximately ten minutes prior to the start of the conference call.  Ask for the “Interactive Brokers Conference Call.”
 
The conference call will also be accessible simultaneously, and through replays, as an audio webcast through the Investor Relations section of the Interactive Brokers web site, www.interactivebrokers.com/ir.
 

About Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.:
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is an automated global electronic broker that specializes in catering to financial professionals by offering state-of-the-art trading technology, superior execution capabilities, worldwide electronic access, and sophisticated risk management tools at exceptionally low costs.  The brokerage trading platform utilizes the same innovative technology as the Company’s market making business, which specializes in routing orders and executing and processing trades in securities, futures, foreign exchange instruments, bonds and funds on more than 100 electronic exchanges and trading venues around the world.  As a market maker, we provide liquidity at these marketplaces and, as a broker, we provide professional traders and investors with electronic access to stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds and mutual funds from a single IB Universal AccountSM.  Employing proprietary software on a global communications network, Interactive Brokers is continuously integrating its software with a growing number of exchanges and trading venues into one automatically functioning, computerized platform that requires minimal human intervention.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
The foregoing information contains certain forward-looking statements that reflect the company's current views with respect to certain current and future events and financial performance. These forward-looking statements are and will be, as the case may be, subject to many risks, uncertainties and factors relating to the company's operations and business environment which may cause the company's actual results to be materially different from any future results, expressed or implied, in these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to the company on the date of this release. The company does not undertake to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes make it clear that any statements expressed or implied therein will not be realized. Additional information on risk factors that could potentially affect the company's financial results may be found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

For Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Media: Caitlin Duffy, 203-913-1369 or Investors: Deborah Liston, 203-618-4070.

 
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INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
OPERATING DATA


TRADE VOLUMES:
               
(in 000's, except %)
     
Brokerage
       
 
Market
 
Brokerage
 
Non
     
Avg. Trades
 
Making
%
Cleared
%
Cleared
%
Total
%
per U.S.
Period
Trades
Change
Trades
Change
Trades
Change
Trades
Change
Trading Day
2007
                   99,086
 
           72,931
 
           16,638
 
         188,655
 
                     752
2008
                 101,672
3%
         120,195
65%
           16,966
2%
         238,833
27%
                     944
2009
                   93,550
-8%
         127,338
6%
           13,636
-20%
         234,524
-2%
                     934
2010
                   75,169
-20%
         133,658
5%
           18,732
37%
         227,559
-3%
                     905
2011
                   63,602
-15%
         160,567
20%
           19,187
2%
         243,356
7%
                     968
                   
1Q2011
                   14,488
 
           38,023
 
             4,458
 
           56,969
 
                     919
1Q2012
                   15,045
4%
           37,521
-1%
             4,826
8%
           57,392
1%
                     926

CONTRACT AND SHARE VOLUMES:
         
(in 000's, except %)
           
               
TOTAL
 
Options
%
Futures*
%
Stocks
%
Period
 
(contracts)
Change
(contracts)
Change
(shares)
Change
2007
 
         673,144
 
           83,134
 
          47,324,798
 
2008
 
         757,732
13%
         108,984
31%
          55,845,428
18%
2009
 
         643,380
-15%
           82,345
-24%
          75,449,891
35%
2010
 
         678,856
6%
           96,193
17%
          84,469,874
12%
2011
 
         789,370
16%
         106,640
11%
          77,730,974
-8%
               
1Q2011
 
         168,164
 
           24,138
 
          22,028,447
 
1Q2012
 
         180,786
8%
           21,690
-10%
          17,862,025
-19%


MARKET MAKING
Options
%
Futures*
%
Stocks
%
Period
 
(contracts)
Change
(contracts)
Change
(shares)
Change
2007
 
         447,905
 
           14,520
 
          24,558,314
 
2008 **
 
         514,629
15%
           21,544
48%
          26,008,433
6%
2009 **
 
         428,810
-17%
           15,122
-30%
          26,205,229
1%
2010 **
 
         435,184
1%
           15,371
2%
          19,165,000
-27%
2011 **
 
         503,053
16%
           15,519
1%
          11,788,769
-38%
               
1Q2011 **
           97,595
 
             3,428
 
            2,633,325
 
1Q2012 **
         118,438
21%
             2,828
-18%
            2,138,451
-19%
 

BROKERAGE TOTAL
Options
%
Futures*
%
Stocks
%
Period
 
(contracts)
Change
(contracts)
Change
(shares)
Change
2007
 
         225,239
 
           68,614
 
          22,766,484
 
2008
 
         243,103
8%
           87,440
27%
          29,836,995
31%
2009
 
         214,570
-12%
           67,223
-23%
          49,244,662
65%
2010
 
         243,672
14%
           80,822
20%
          65,304,874
33%
2011
 
         286,317
18%
           91,121
13%
          65,942,205
1%
               
1Q2011
 
           70,569
 
           20,710
 
          19,395,122
 
1Q2012
 
           62,348
-12%
           18,862
-9%
          15,723,574
-19%
               


* Includes options on futures
** In Brazil, an equity option contract typically represents 1 share of the underlying stock; however, the typical minimum
trading quantity is 100 contracts. To make a fair comparison to volume at other exchanges, we have adopted a policy
of reporting Brazilian equity options contracts divided by their trading quantity of 100.

 
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INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
OPERATING DATA, CONTINUED

 
BROKERAGE CLEARED
Options
%
Futures*
%
Stocks
%
Period
 
(contracts)
Change
(contracts)
Change
(shares)
Change
2007
 
           51,586
 
           66,278
 
          20,353,584
 
2008
 
           77,207
50%
           85,599
29%
          26,334,752
29%
2009
 
           93,868
22%
           66,241
-23%
          46,627,344
77%
2010
 
         103,054
10%
           79,144
19%
          62,077,741
33%
2011
 
         145,993
42%
           89,610
13%
          63,098,072
2%
               
1Q2011
 
           33,762
 
           20,332
 
          18,722,839
 
1Q2012
 
           33,377
-1%
           18,646
-8%
          15,115,753
-19%
               
* Includes options on futures
         

 
BROKERAGE STATISTICS
     
(in 000's, except % and where noted)
     
 
1Q2012
1Q2011
% Change
   Total Accounts
                                             195
                                168
16%
   Customer Equity (in billions) *
$28.9
$24.8
17%
       
   Cleared DARTs
                                             391
                                387
1%
   Total Customer DARTs
                                             428
                                423
1%
       
       
       
Cleared Customers (in $'s, except DART per account)
   
   Commission per DART
$4.01
$4.38
-8%
   DART per Avg. Account (Annualized)
                                             511
                                597
-14%
   Net Revenue per Avg. Account (Annualized)
$3,240
$3,891
-17%
       
* Excludes non-customers
     


 

 
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INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SEGMENT FINANCIAL INFORMATION
(UNAUDITED)
 


   
Three Months
 
   
 Ended March 31,
 
   
2012
 
2011
 
   
(in millions)
 
             
Electronic Brokerage
Net revenues
$159.3
   
$163.7
 
 
Non-interest expenses
75.9
   
73.6
 
             
 
Income before income taxes
$83.4
   
$90.1
 
             
 
Pre-tax profit margin
52
%  
55
%
             
Market Making
Net revenues
$142.4
   
$202.3
 
 
Non-interest expenses
76.4
   
67.7
 
             
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
$66.0
   
$134.6
 
             
 
Pre-tax profit margin
46
%  
67
%
             
Corporate*
Net revenues
$2.2
   
$1.9
 
 
Non-interest expenses
1.9
   
4.6
 
             
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
$0.3
   
($2.7
)
             
             
Total
Net revenues
$303.9
   
$367.9
 
 
Non-interest expenses
154.2
   
145.9
 
             
 
Income before income taxes
$149.7
   
$222.0
 
             
 
Pre-tax profit margin
49
%  
60
%
             
             
*  Corporate includes corporate related activities as well as inter-segment eliminations.
   


 
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INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(UNAUDITED)

 
     
Three Months
     
 Ended March 31,
     
2012
 
2011
     
(in millions, except share and per share data)
           
Revenues:
     
 
Trading gains
$137.3
 
$200.3
 
Commissions and execution fees
100.9
 
109.2
 
Interest income
66.6
 
58.7
 
Other income
18.3
 
17.4
           
   
Total revenues
323.1
 
385.6
           
 
Interest expense
19.2
 
17.7
           
   
Total net revenues
303.9
 
367.9
           
Non-interest expenses:
     
 
Execution and clearing
64.6
 
66.2
 
Employee compensation and benefits
62.7
 
52.4
 
Occupancy, depreciation and amortization
9.9
 
9.2
 
Communications
5.7
 
5.5
 
General and administrative
11.3
 
12.6
           
   
Total non-interest expenses
154.2
 
145.9
           
Income before income taxes
149.7
 
222.0
           
Income tax expense
8.7
 
18.7
           
Net income
141.0
 
203.3
           
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests
129.9
 
187.0
           
Net income (loss) available for common stockholders
$11.1
 
$16.3
           
           
Earnings (loss) per share
     
 
Basic
$0.24
 
$0.38
 
Diluted
$0.24
 
$0.38
           
Weighted average common shares outstanding
     
 
Basic
45,576,925
 
42,231,651
 
Diluted
45,951,464
 
42,791,822
           
Comprehensive income:
     
 
Net income (loss) available for common stockholders
$11.1
 
$16.3
 
Other comprehensive income:
     
   
Cumulative translation adjustment, before income taxes
4.1
 
1.9
   
Income taxes related to items of other comprehensive income
1.5
 
0.7
 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
2.6
 
1.2
Comprehensive income (loss) available for common stockholders
$13.7
 
$17.5
           
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests:
     
 
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests
129.9
 
$187.0
 
Other comprehensive income (loss) - cumulative translation adjustment
31.6
 
16.6
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests
$161.5
 
$203.6
           



 
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INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
EARNINGS PER SHARE ON COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(UNAUDITED)


       
Three months ended
       
 Ended March 31,
       
2012
 
2011
       
(in millions, except share and per share data)
             
Net income (loss) available for common stockholders
 
$11.1
 
$16.3
             
Other comprehensive income:
       
 
Cumulative translation adjustment, before income taxes
 
4.1
 
1.9
 
Income taxes related to items of other comprehensive income
1.5
 
0.7
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
 
2.6
 
1.2
             
Comprehensive income (loss) available for common stockholders
$13.7
 
$17.5
             
             
Comprehensive income (loss) per share:
       
 
Basic
 
$0.30
 
$0.41
 
Diluted
 
$0.30
 
$0.41
             
             
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
       
 
Basic
 
45,576,925
 
42,231,651
 
Diluted
 
45,951,464
 
42,791,822

 




 
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INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)



 
   
March 31,
 
December 31,
   
2012
 
2011
   
(in millions)
Assets
     
Cash and cash equivalents
$1,551.4
 
$1,695.5
Cash and securities - segregated for regulatory purposes
11,028.5
 
10,069.9
Securities purchased under agreements to resell
365.2
 
375.4
Securities borrowed
3,083.7
 
2,661.7
Trading assets, at fair value
6,443.6
 
6,615.1
Receivables from customers, net of allowance
8,458.0
 
7,024.8
Receivables from brokers, dealers and clearing organizations
1,192.3
 
1,397.8
Other assets
573.7
 
564.2
         
 
Total assets
$32,696.4
 
$30,404.4
         
Liabilities and equity
     
         
Liabilities
     
Trading liabilities - financial instruments sold but not yet purchased, at fair value
$5,674.5
 
$6,156.1
Securities loaned
1,768.1
 
1,386.1
Short-term borrowings
14.5
 
6.5
Other payables:
     
 
Customers
19,501.9
 
17,300.1
 
Brokers, dealers and clearing organizations
334.1
 
247.4
 
Other payables
551.4
 
520.8
   
20,387.4
 
18,068.3
         
Senior notes payable and senior secured credit facility
30.2
 
101.4
         
Equity
     
Stockholders' equity
580.4
 
571.2
Non-controlling interests
4,241.3
 
4,114.8
 
Total equity
                     4,821.7
 
                  4,686.0
         
 
Total liabilities and equity
$32,696.4
 
$30,404.4
 
 
 
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