Gerhard Rumpff resigns from the asknet Management Board

Upon completion of the hand-over period, Gerhard Rumpff will leave
the company on 31 January 2008

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Karlsruhe (euro adhoc) - 3 December 2007 - Gerhard Rumpff, Management
Board member and former CEO of asknet AG, a leading provider of
outsourcing solutions for global software distribution via the
Internet (electronic software distribution), will resign from the
asknet Management Board as planned. Upon completion of the period of
handing over to his successor Gerald Prior, Mr. Rumpff will leave the
company on 31 January 2008.

As already announced in August 2007, Gerhard Rumpff relinquished his
position as the company´s CEO for personal reasons. On 1 September
2007 Gerald Prior took over this function and has since been
responsible for the areas of Strategy, Investments, Sales, Marketing
and Corporate Communications.

"Under Gerhard Rumpff, asknet achieved significant progress in the
internationalization of the eDistribution business, particularly in
the North American market. The Management and the Supervisory Boards
thank Gerhard Rumpff for his great commitment and his contribution to
developing the company´s position in the global market," says Gerald
Prior.

About asknet asknet offers its clients customised outsourcing
solutions for global software distribution via the Internet.
Established in 1995 as a spin-off from the elite University
Karlsruhe, the company grew to be the Number Two of the independent
global suppliers in electronic software distribution. In addition to
integrated shop solutions for software producers, the company also
develops and operates software distribution portals, among others
softwarehouse.de, Europe´s biggest download platform for standard
software. In 2006, asknet achieved revenue from sales of almost 42
million euros and completed more than 700,000 transactions. Among the
customers of the Karlsruhe company are well-known suppliers of
specialised software such as DivX, F-Secure, Nero and WebsitePros. In
addition, asknet supplies about 70 per cent of the German
universities with software products. For further information please
visit: www.asknet.de

end of announcement euro adhoc 03.12.2007 09:17:31
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