EANS-Adhoc: C-QUADRAT Investment AG / Vienna Commercial Court suspends voting rights of AvW Gruppe AG and appoints trustee

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voting rights

05.05.2009

Vienna/Frankfurt, 05.05.2009. C-QUADRAT Investment AG has been
notified today that, at the request of the Austrian Financial Market
Authority, the Vienna Commercial Court has ordered the suspension of
voting rights in respect of all shares held in C-QUADRAT Investment
AG by AvW Gruppe AG, FN 206508p, (court decision dated 30.04.2009,
pursuant to Section 11 (5) 3 of the Austrian Securities Supervision
Act (WAG) 2007).

The court order remains in force until the shares in question have
been purchased by a third party, or until the Vienna Commercial Court
has stated that the cause for the order no longer applies.

The Vienna Commercial Court also appointed attorney at law Michael
Enzinger as trustee for the shares and transferred authority to
exercise the voting rights of AvW Gruppe AG to said trustee.

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 at 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:

Andreas Wimmer

Member of the Board

C-QUADRAT Investment AG

Stubenring 2

A-1010 Wien

Tel.: +43 1 515 66 316

Mail: a.wimmer@investmentfonds.at

www.c-quadrat.com

Branche: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: AT0000613005
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