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Regulatory Filings • Jan 15, 2004

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Ad-hoc | 15 January 2004 08:30

Brainpower wins major contract with exciting new product

Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Brainpower wins major contract with exciting new product Brainpower N.V. (Deutsche Börse, Prime Standard: BPW), provider of analytic applications, technology and data management solutions to the investment management community, announces the launch of its exciting new technology for private client advisory services. Brainpower ProActiv supports private client advisors and relationship managers with a system to actively monitor client portfolios and market opportunities, giving them relevant investment intelligence and freeing time to deliver higher quality advisory services. First client for the service is the private banking arm of Italy’s BPU (Banche Popolari Unite – formed through the recent merger of Group Banca Popolare di Bergamo and Group Banca Popolare Commercio e Industria). BPU, with assets under management of more than 100 billion Euros, will use Brainpower ProActiv as an integral part of its wealth advisory service. Brainpower’s management expects this contract, signed at the end of last year, to have a material impact on the company’s financial results in the fourth quarter 2003. Rocco Pellegrinelli, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Brainpower stated, “Brainpower ProActiv sets new standards in private client advisory services by helping financial institutions retain clients, introduce new, and strengthen current revenue streams, and attract new deposits. BPU manages one of the largest private banking networks in Italy and this contract demonstrates the strength of Brainpower’s constant technological innovation.” end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 15.01.2004 Issuer’s information/explanatory remarks concerning this ad-hoc-announcement: ABOUT BRAINPOWER Brainpower provides analytic applications, technology and data management solutions to the global investment management community. Brainpower’s distinctive approach to addressing the portfolio manager’s workflow delivers middle-office functionality and analytic power, and back-office reporting capabilities to the front office – on the fly. Customers include leading players in the fields of asset management, private banking and online financial services. Brainpower is currently represented in major financial centers including: Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Lugano, Milan, Madrid, New York and Zurich. For further information visit: http://www.brainpowerweb.com , http://www.brainpower.de or contact: Curtis E. Fox Director, Communications & Investor Relations Brainpower N.V. Tel : +44 (0) 20 7337 9123 Email: cfox@brainpowerweb.com ——————————————————————————– WKN: 553169; ISIN: NL0000238228; Index: Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin- Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart 150830 Jän 04