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Corporate | 27 February 2007 09:17

Aragon AG increases interest in Fundmatrix AG and strengthens Institutional Sales area

ARAGON AG / Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous

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Aragon AG – a broad-based financial services provider with Retail Sales,
Institutional Sales and Banking & Banking Services business areas – has
bolstered its interest in its subsidiary Fundmatrix AG (www.fundmatrix.de)
from 58% to 70.75%.

Fundmatrix designs and markets highly professional financial products, such
as pension funds, insurance and family offices, to institutional investors.
With a portfolio of currently around €600 million, Fundmatrix is Germany's
largest independent institutional fund distributor at this time.

After Fundmatrix broke even in 2006 in line with planning and posted a
positive result for the year, its Board of Management is forecasting a
significant rise in pre-tax earnings to at least €1 million in 2007, as a
result of which Fundmatrix will also contribute to Aragon's consolidated
earnings from 2007. Its earnings momentum is also set to continue over the
next few years.

'Fundmatrix has a highly scalable business model, as the figures for 2007
will demonstrate. Fundmatrix also ideally supplements Aragon's other
activities. A number of products that are first used in the institutional
segment later find their way into the retail areas as well. We are
delighted to have increased out interest accordingly,' explained Dr.
Sebastian, Grabmaier of the Board of Management of Aragon AG.

Contact:
Aragon AG
Christiane Kriesche
Leiterin Marketing & Kommunikation
Grüneburgweg 18
60322 Frankfurt

Tel.: +49(0)69 713 75 88 17
Fax: +49(0)69 713 75 88 89
E-Mail: christiane.kriesche@aragon-ag.de

DGAP 27.02.2007