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18.06.2007

The Austrian company AvW Invest AG will increase its dividend for the
2007 financial year by 25 per cent. In concrete terms, the dividend
is to rise from EUR 0.80 to EUR 1.00 per share. "Our financial
services and investment sectors are currently experiencing an
excellent development momentum. We have always been committed to a
dividend policy that allows our shareholders to participate in the
company´s success", says Wolfgang Auer von Welsbach, Chairman of AvW
Invest´s Management Board.

In the past days and weeks, the AvW interest in two IT companies was
also significantly increased. The share in the German IT company
REALTECH (RTCG.DE) rose from 10 per cent to now 13 per cent, that in
the Austrian IT company s & t (SNTS.VI) from 22 per cent to 24 per
cent. A further expansion of these investments is "always an option",
according to Mr. Auer of Welsbach.

The industrial shareholding in Binder + Co AG (BIND.VI), which was
launched in the new mid market segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange
today, was also significantly increased to more than 15 per cent. In
2007, the interest held by the AvW Group rose from 10 per cent to
more than 15 per cent. Binder + CO is a world market leader in the
field of high tech plant construction for environmental applications.

On 13 August 2007, AvW Invest AG will release its figures for the
first six months of the current financial year.

About AvW INVEST AG The Austrian company, which is domiciled in
Krumpendorf at Lake Wörthersee, specialises in the fields of
financial services, equity investments and real estate. AvW´s shares
are listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange on the ATX Prime Market (ISIN
number: AT0000930409, Reuters: AVWI.VI, XETRA Vienna: AWS). More
information about AvW is available on the Internet at www.avw.eu.

end of announcement euro adhoc 18.06.2007 08:30:59
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Further inquiry note:
AvW INVEST AG
Mag. Brigitte Burger
Investor Relations
Tel.: 04229/3621-24
mailto:b.burger@avw.eu

Branche: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: AT0000930409
WKN: 892661
Index: Prime.market
Börsen: Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse / free trade
Baden-Württembergische Wertpapierbörse / free trade
Wiener Börse AG / official dealing