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Aragon AG: Credit Suisse takes an 8% stake – Cooperation planned

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Credit Suisse has taken an 8% stake in the capital stock of Aragon AG. The
shares were acquired off-exchange from various institutional investors. In
addition to the pure acquisition of the stake, Credit Suisse has also
agreed to an operational cooperation with regard to the distribution of
Credit Suisse’s product portfolio through Aragon.

Dr. Sebastian Grabmaier, CEO of Aragon AG, stated: 'Within the last three
years, the Aragon Group has achieved enormous success and many further
activities are planned for the forthcoming years. With an equity capital of
40 million Euros, an experienced management team and a proven track record,
we see ourselves in a leading position driving the process of the market
consolidation, thus – in the long-run – growing into one of the largest
independent financial sales organisations in Germany. Also our unique
Buy-and-Build-Strategy, based on the acquisition of individual independent
sales organisations that subsequently were operated as autonomous units,
will play a considerable role to this development. The collaboration with
Credit Suisse will be a major support for our further growth.'

'The financial service industry and in particular the sector financial
sales, is currently undergoing a structural change. Modern sales
organisations with a trendsetting strategy like Aragon will, from our point
of view, be the winners of this development. We want to be a part of the
further successful growth of Aragon AG as a strategic partner', said Martin
Korbmacher, Country Head of Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited in
Germany.

About Aragon AG

Aragon is a broad diversified financial distribution company, with three
business units: Retail Sales, Institutional Sales and Banking & Banking
Services. Aragon is active on the marketplace with multiple independent
subsidiaries and brands. The company’s aim is to integrate various
distribution models under one roof, without disturbing the individual
identity of each sales company. The result is a wide diversification across
various asset classes and distribution types, which generates a high
stability in corporate earnings. Further information about the company and
its subsidiaries can be viewed on the website: www.aragon-ag.de.

Contact:
Aragon Aktiengesellschaft
Achim Pfeffer
Leiter Investor Relations

Tel.: +49(0)611 890 575-574
Fax: +49(0)611 890 575-99
E-Mail: achim.pfeffer@aragon-ag.de

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