EANS-Adhoc: C-QUADRAT Investment AG intends to sell its 25.1 %-stake in Ariconsult Holding AG

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sale of shareholding

16.12.2010

Vienna/Frankfurt, 16.12.2010. C-QUADRAT Investment AG (ISIN
AT0000613005) intends to sell its 25.1 %-stake in Ariconsult Holding
AG subject to approval of the supervisory board and the Austrian
Financial Market Authority. The agreed purchase price is EUR
500.000,--.

Before its shares may be sold to third parties, C-QUADRAT shall offer
its shares in Ariconsult Holding AG to the other shareholders in
Ariconsult Holding AG (pre-emptive right). This pre-emptive right
must be exercised within two months, and any subsequent pre-emptive
right to assignment of shares must be exercised within one further
month.

The sale of shares is contingent on the entire shareholding being
sold. Partial sale is not intended (even in the context of the
pre-emptive right).

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====================================== C-QUADRAT, the fund company -
is an independent, quantitative, asset manager operating across
Europe. Founded in 1991, the company has had its 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. 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
WKN:
Index: Standard Market Auction
Börsen: Frankfurt / official market
Wien / official market