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M&A Activity • Sep 18, 2012

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Takeover Bids | 18 September 2012 17:51

Takeover Offer;

Target company: vwd Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste Aktiengesellschaft; Bidder: Vienna GmbH

Dissemination of an announcement according to the German Securities

Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG), transmitted by DGAP – a company of

EquityStory AG.

The bidder is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Publication of the Decision to Make a Takeover Offer pursuant to Section 10

para. 1 in conjunction with Sections 29 and 34 of the German Securities

Acquisition and Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz

(WpÜG))

Bidder:

Vienna GmbH

c/o Carlyle Beratungs GmbH

Promenadeplatz 8

80333 Munich

Germany

registered with the Commercial Register of the Lower Court of Munich under

HRB 200612

Contact person (press): Katharina Gebsattel

Phone: +49 172 718 6857

Email: katharina.gebsattel@vub.de

Target:

vwd Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste Aktiengesellschaft

Tilsiter Straße 1

60487 Frankfurt am Main

Germany

http://www.vwd.com

registered with the Commercial Register of the Lower Court of Frankfurt am

Main under HRB 81011

ISIN: DE0005204705 (WKN: 520470)

Listed (shares): Regulated Market (Regulierter Markt) of the Frankfurt

Stock Exchange (General Standard), as well as the regulated unofficial

market (Freiverkehr) of the stock exchanges of Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg,

Munich und Stuttgart

The offer document and further information regarding the offer will be

published on the Internet at:

http://www.vienna-gmbh.com

Information by the Bidder:

Vienna GmbH (‘Bidder’) decided today to offer to the shareholders of vwd

Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste Aktiengesellschaft by way of a voluntary

public takeover offer to acquire their no-par value bearer shares in vwd

Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste Aktiengesellschaft (‘vwd Shares’) against

payment of a cash consideration of EUR 2.80 per vwd Share (‘Takeover

Offer’). The Bidder is a company that is indirectly controlled by the fund

Carlyle Europe Technology Partners II, L.P. (‘Carlyle’). In the course of

the envisaged transaction Carlyle is acting jointly with the shareholder

Edmund J. Keferstein as well as with Philipp Henrich and Prof. Dr. Lutz

Johanning, who are members of the management board and supervisory board of

EDG AG, which is a subsidiary of vwd Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste

Aktiengesellschaft.

The Takeover Offer will likely be made subject to clearance of the

competent cartel authorities and a minimum acceptance threshold of 90%

only. Several shareholders undertook vis-à-vis the Bidder to accept within

the acceptance period the Takeover Offer with regard to their vwd Shares

representing approx. 90.36% of the share capital of vwd Vereinigte

Wirtschaftsdienste Aktiengesellschaft.

The Bidder reserves the right, as far as legally permissible, to deviate in

the final terms and conditions of the Takeover Offer from the basic

information described herein.

Important Information:

This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an

offer to sell shares of vwd Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste

Aktiengesellschaft. The offer to purchase shares in vwd Vereinigte

Wirtschaftsdienste Aktiengesellschaft will only be made by the publication

of the offer document and solely on the basis of the provisions contained

therein. Investors and shareholders of vwd Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste

Aktiengesellschaft are strongly advised to read the offer document and all

other relevant documents regarding the Takeover Offer as soon as they are

published, since they will contain important information.

Munich, September 18, 2012

Vienna GmbH

End of WpÜG announcement

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Listed: Regulierter Markt Frankfurt (General Standard); Freiverkehr Berlin,

Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart