EANS-Adhoc: Österreichische Post AG / Austrian Post enters into exclusive negotiations to acquire a stake in Aras Kargo, Turkey

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Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers
15.04.2013

Austrian Post and the owners of the Turkish parcel service provider
Aras Kargo signed an exclusive negotiation agreement effective April
15, 2013 on talks relating to Austrian Post's potential acquisition
of a minority stake in the company. 80% of Aras Kargo is currently in
the hands of the Aras family, and 20% of the shares are owned by the
publicly traded Turkish private equity company Is Girisim. It was
agreed to maintain confidentiality on further details pertaining to
the ongoing negotiations.

Aras Kargo is one of the leading Turkish parcel service providers
with annual revenue of approximately EUR 250m and about 46m parcels
and 32m documents per year. The company boasts a nationwide network
consisting of about 800 shops, 28 distribution centres and 2,600
delivery vehicles, and employs a work force of about 9,000 people.

About Austrian Post: Austrian Post is Austria's leading logistics and
postal services provider, with annual revenue of EUR 2.4 bn and
approximately 23,000 employees. Its business operations focus on the
transport and delivery of letters, direct mail items, print media and
parcels. The branch network of Austrian Post featuring more than
1,900 company-operated and third-party operated postal service points
ranks among the largest private customer networks in Austria and
offers its customers high quality postal, banking and
telecommunications products and services. Moreover, Austrian Post
operates in twelve European markets, particularly in the parcel and
logistics segment as well as in the field of unaddressed direct mail.
Since the year 2006, Austrian Post has been publicly traded on the
Prime Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange, and is also listed on the
ATX index.

Vienna, April 15, 2013

Further inquiry note:
Austrian Post
Mr. Harald Hagenauer
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Governance
Tel.: +43 (0) 57767 30400
harald.hagenauer@post.at

Austrian Post
Ms. Ingeborg Gratzer
Head of Press Relations & Internal Communications
Tel.: +43 (0) 57767-24730
ingeborg.gratzer@post.at

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issuer: Österreichische Post AG
Haidingergasse 1
A-1030 Wien
phone: +43 (0)57767-0
mail: investor@post.at
WWW: www.post.at
sector: Transport
ISIN: AT0000APOST4
indexes: ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English