Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG — M&A Activity 2011

Mar 3, 2011

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Ad-hoc | 3 March 2011 18:16

Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG: Francotyp-Postalia ensures entry on market for electronic mail and acquires majority in Mentana-Claimsoft Group

Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG / Key word(s): Acquisition/Merger

03.03.2011 18:16

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Ad hoc notification in accordance with section 15 of the German Securities
Trading Act (WpHG)
3 March 2011
Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG
Triftweg 21 - 26
16547 Birkenwerder (Germany)
ISIN: DE000FPH9000
WKN: FPH900
Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Regulated Market (Prime Standard)

Francotyp-Postalia ensures entry on market for electronic mail and acquires
majority in Mentana-Claimsoft Group

Birkenwerder, 3 March 2011. The Francotyp-Postalia Group, a global service
provider for professional mail management, is acquiring a 51% stake in
Mentana-Claimsoft AG. A purchase agreement to this effect was signed today
with two major shareholders of the unlisted Mentana-Claimsoft AG. This
acquisition serves as the Group's first foray into fully electronic mail
communications. The Mentana-Claimsoft Group specialises in electronic
signatures and offers a comprehensive product range for protecting
electronic documents and legal communications. It is a member of the
De-Mail project, a communication tool intended to facilitate the binding
and confidential exchange of electronic documents by online mail via the
Internet.

The purchase price for the shares consists of a fixed component and a
performance-based component to be paid in 2015. According to current
estimates, the total price will be around EUR1 to EUR2 million.

Contact:

Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG
Investor Relations
Triftweg 21 - 26
16547 Birkenwerder
Tel.: +49-170-9 28 54 85
Fax: +49-3303-53707-410
E-mail: s.prueser@francotyp.com

This notification does not constitute either a sale offer or a request to
buy securities of Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG. The shares offered as part
of the IPO have already been sold.

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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

Corporate News

Francotyp-Postalia acquires majority in Mentana-Claimsoft AG a Member of
the De-Mail Project

• 51% stake acquired

• Software solutions division expanded

Birkenwerder 3 March 2011. The Francotyp-Postalia Group, a global service
provider for professional mail management, is acquiring 51% of shares in
Mentana-Claimsoft AG. A purchase agreement was signed today with two major
shareholders of the unlisted company Mentana-Claimsoft.

This acquisition serves as the Group's first foray into fully electronic
mail communications. The Mentana-Claimsoft Group specialises in electronic
signatures and offers a comprehensive product range for protecting
electronic documents and legal communications. It is a member of the
De-Mail project, a communication tool intended to facilitate the binding
and confidential exchange of electronic documents by online mail via the
Internet. Mentana-Claimsoft is also an authorised provider of electronic
court communications (EGVP).

Strategic step

'With this strategic step, we are vigorously expanding our software
solutions division,' explains Andreas Drechsler, who sits on the Management
Board of the FP Group. Through the majority takeover of Mentana-Claimsoft,
the company is becoming an expert in fully electronic mail communications.

'Our areas of expertise complement each other perfectly', continues
Drechsler. Francotyp-Postalia specialises in software solutions and is
already successfully offering hybrid mail - a combination of electronic and
physical post - in the area of digital mail communication. During this
process, a letter is dispatched digitally by the sender while the recipient
receives a normal letter. In future, the FP Group will be able to offer
legally binding electronic letters, making it the first full-service
provider for mail communications.

'We are pioneers in the field of digital signatures and see great
opportunities for fully electronic letters', says Axel Janhoff, member of
the Management Board of Mentana-Claimsoft AG. The two companies are
currently joining together at the Francotyp-Postalia stand at CeBIT 2011,
presenting their range of services under the motto 'Safe documents - safe
transport'.

Contact

Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG
Corporate Communications
Sabina Prüser
Tel: +49 (0)170 9 28 54 85
Fax: +49 (0)3303 53707 410
E-mail: s.prueser@francotyp.com

About Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG
The FP Group is the first full service provider for mail communications.
The globally active company offers the entire range of products and
solutions for business and private customers. As well as standard machines
for franking and enveloping letters, it offers not only a range of
services, such as the collection of business mail, but also innovative
software solutions, such as the fully electronic letter. This allows the FP
Group, which is headquartered in Birkenwerder near Berlin, to offer
tailored, multi-channel solutions. It currently operates its own branches
in a large number of industrialised countries, and enjoys a global market
share in the franking machine business of around 10%. With a company
history stretching back more than 85 years, the FP Group today benefits
across all markets from the increasing liberalisation of postal markets and
the readiness of companies to outsource their business mail to professional
service providers. In the 2009 financial year, the company generated
revenues of EUR 129 million. The FP Group employs more than 1,000 people
worldwide.

About Mentana-Claimsoft AG
Mentana-Claimsoft AG has been a specialist in the field of electronic
signatures for over ten years and offers a comprehensive range of products
for securing electronic documents and for legally binding communication.
Signature and verification solutions as well as systems for the
preservation of evidence and identification management are developed on a
cross-sector basis. Mentana-Claimsoft AG operates two branches in Germany
and one in Switzerland. Collaboration with partners also ensures a
customer-oriented service.

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Language: English
Company: Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG
Triftweg 21-26
16547 Birkenwerder
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)3303 525 777
Fax: +49 (0)3303 53 70 77 77
E-mail: ir@francotyp.com
Internet: www.francotyp.com
ISIN: DE000FPH9000
WKN: FPH900
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart

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