C-QUADRAT plans acquisition of M&A PrivatBank

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

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merger, acquisition and takeover

Wien (euro adhoc) - 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.

The transaction will allow considerable synergies to be released at
both companies. In addition to pooling the two companies at a shared
location, considerable synergies can be achieved in IT and other
administrative areas, for example. There are also plans to bring the
product offerings of the two companies in the asset management
segment in line with each other and to eliminate redundancies, as
well as to use M&A PrivatBank AG as the central custodian bank for
C-QUADRAT's institutional fund brokerage activities. A merger of the
companies' two private customer areas is currently being examined.

"Integrating M&A Bank in the C-QUADRAT Group will mark a material
improvement in the starting point for further shared growth by both
companies. The combination of the services of a professional private
bank and the strengths of a rapidly growing and successful asset
manager are ideal conditions for a successful future. Two highly
professional teams will be joining forces to perfectly complement
each other in the future," stated Thomas Rieß, founder and member of
C-QUADRAT's Board of Management and Wolfgang Sieder, Board of
Management member at M&A PrivatBank.

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