EANS-Adhoc: AvW Invest AG / AvW Invest AG acquires interest in the German IT specialist Group Business

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Company Information

01.07.2009

- Acquisition of interest in the German IT company Group Business
Software AG - Portfolio of equity holdings in the IT sector
progressively expanded

In the first half-year of 2009, AvW Invest, which is listed in the
Standard Market Auction segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange,
systematically expanded its portfolio of equity investments. After
recently increasing its stake in GFT Technologies AG (GFTG.DE) to
more than 5% and in the Austrian Hirsch Servo AG (HISE.VI) to more
than 11%, AvW Invest AG has now become a new shareholder of the
German IT company Group Business Software AG (INWG.DE).

"In the first instance, we acquired around 1% of the shares.", says
Wolfgang Auer-Welsbach, Chairman of AvW Invest AG´s Management Board.
Group Business Software AG, headquartered in the German federal state
of Thuringia, is a leading provider of "collaborative business
solutions" and currently operates in Europe and the United States.
"The company is favourably rated, grows at an extraordinary rate and
offers potential for future investments", says Mr. Auer-Welsbach.

AvW Invest AG will communicate its half-year results on 12 August
2009.

About AvW Invest AG:

AvW Invest AG (ISIN number: AT0000930409, Reuters: AVWI.VI, XETRA
Vienna: AWS), which is domiciled in Krumpendorf at Lake Wörthersee,
is active in two core business areas: equity investments and real
estate. AvW´s shares are listed in the Standard Market Auction
segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange.

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Further inquiry note:

AvW INVEST AG

Mag. Brigitte Burger

Tel.: 04229/3621-24

mailto:b.burger@avw.eu

Branche: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: AT0000930409
WKN: 892661
Index: Standard Market Auction
Börsen: Frankfurt / free trade
Stuttgart / free trade
Wien / official dealing