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Company Information

14.07.2008

• Synergies across all divisions
• C-QUADRAT thus to increase fee-generating assets to EUR 5.8 billion
• Combined total assets: approximately EUR 200 million

Vienna, Frankfurt, 14 July 2008. C-QUADRAT Investment AG (ISIN AT0000613005) is
planning - subject to positive due diligence, the approval of its Supervisory
Board and the Supervisory Authorities - to purchase a 100% stake in Techno
Verwaltungs- und Beteiligungs AG, the sole owner of M&A PrivatBank AG. M&A
PrivatBank specialises in private banking, asset management and corporate
finance and has fee-generating assets of EUR 1.3 billion. Integrating M&A Bank
into the C-QUADRAT Group would increase total fee-generating assets at C-QUADRAT
to approximately EUR 5.8 billion. The combined total assets of the two companies
would amount to around EUR 200 million.

C-QUADRAT- the fund company - is an independent asset manager
operating across Europe. Founded in 1991, the company has had is own
asset management company with a bank licence since 2003 and has been
listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since
November 2006 and in the Prime Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange
since May 2008. The C-QUADRAT team has made a name for itself across
Europe with its asset management, analysis and investment fund
management activities and by devising structured products. Innovative
investment strategies for institutional investors round off the
product offering. Many banks, insurance companies and financial
service providers operating internationally rely on the expertise of
C-QUADRAT.

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Further inquiry note:

Mag. Andreas Wimmer

Member of the Board

C-QUADRAT Investment AG

Stubenring 2

A-1010 Vienna

Tel.: +43 1 515 66 316

Fax: +43 1 515 66 359

Mail: a.wimmer@investmentfonds.at

Branche: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: AT0000613005
WKN:
Index: Prime.market
Börsen: Börse Frankfurt / official market
Wiener Börse AG / official market