Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG — Share Issue/Capital Change 2012

Mar 23, 2012

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Ad-hoc | 23 March 2012 09:33

Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG: Francotyp Postalia Holding AG raised around EUR 3,9 million from capital

Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG / Key word(s): Capital Increase/Capital Increase

23.03.2012 09:33

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Ad hoc notification in accordance with section 15 of the German Securities
Trading Act (WpHG)
23 March 2012
Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG
Triftweg 21 - 26
16547 Birkenwerder (Germany)
ISIN: DE000FPH9000
WKN: FPH900
Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Regulated Market (Prime Standard)

Francotyp Postalia Holding AG raised around EUR 3,9 million from capital
increase

Birkenwerder, 23 March 2012: The Management Board of Francotyp-Postalia
Holding AG, Birkenwerder (ISIN DE000FP9000), with the approval of the
Supervisory Board and subject to shareholder subscription rights being
disapplied, resolved to increase the company's share capital by EUR
1,460,000 against cash contributions. It will partially utilise the
authorised capital pursuant to Section 4 Paragraph 3 of the Articles of
Association to issue 1,460,000 new bearer shares with full dividend rights
from 1 January 2012 with a pro-rata amount of the share capital of EUR 1.00
per share. This increases the company's share capital from EUR 14,700,000
to EUR 16,160,000. The authorisation pursuant to Section 4 Paragraph 3 of
the Articles of Association is based on an Annual General Meeting
resolution from 30 June 2011.

The new shares were subscribed in a private placement by 3R Investments
Ltd., Cyprus, immediately after the Supervisory Board granted its approval.
The capital increase has therefore been successfully placed. Hauck &
Aufhäuser Privatbankiers KGaA advised the Company in this capital increase.

The issue amount totalled EUR 2.66 per share. The company will receive
gross proceeds of EUR 3,883,600 from the capital increase. Delivery of the
new shares is expected to take place on 28 March 2012.

The new shares will be admitted without a prospectus to trading in the
regulated market on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and admitted to the
sub-segment of the regulated market with additional post-admission
obligations (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The shares
are due to be included in trading on 28 March 2012.

Contact:
Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG
Investor Relations
Triftweg 21 - 26
16547 Birkenwerder
Tel.: +49-3303-525-410
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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Holding AG in the United States of America and does not aim to make
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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

Corporate News

FP Group: Capital Increase successfully placed

• Successful placing of 1.46 million shares as part of private placement
• Company to promote multi-channel strategy in Germany

Birkenwerder, 23 March 2012. The Management Board of Francotyp-Postalia
Holding AG has decided with the approval of the Supervisory Board to
increase the company's share capital by EUR 1.46 million. For this purpose
the company is issuing new no-par value bearer shares with a pro-rata
amount of the share capital of EUR 1.00 per share. The company's share
capital now amounts to EUR 16.16 million.

The new shares were subscribed in a private placement by 3R Investments
Ltd., Cyprus, immediately after the Supervisory Board granted its approval.
The capital increase has therefore been successfully placed. The issue
amount is EUR 2.66 per share; the company will receive gross proceeds of
EUR 3.9 million. The capital increase was supported by Hauck & Aufhäuser
Privatbankiers KGaA.

'We are pleased about the successful capital increase and will thus
continue to promote our multi-channel strategy in Germany,' says Hans
Szymanski, CEO of FP. The company has developed from a manufacturer of
franking machines into a multi-channel provider. It is therefore able to
serve every dispatch channel relating to letters - from the franking and
inserting of physical letters via consolidation all the way to hybrid mail
and fully electronic dispatch and receipt via De-Mail. With this strategy,
the FP Group is well-positioned for the coming years can benefit from the
changed market conditions. In the process, the company has set itself
medium-term target figures. Until 2014, the FP Group anticipates revenues
of EUR 175 million, EBITDA of EUR 30 million and a consolidated net profit
of more than EUR 7 million.

The new FP products are to contribute to medium and long-term growth. With
the new franking system PostBase, which has been launched in the German
market at this year's CeBIT, customers will be able to connect the analogue
world with the digital world of mail communication in the future. This is
possible mainly because the FP Group is the first accredited De-Mail
provider. De-Mail is the secure, confidential and legally binding fully
electronic postal service. The company sees new sales potential for the
medium to long term in the marketing of De-Mail.

Contact

Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG
Corporate Communications
Sabina Prüser
Tel: +49 (0)3303 525 410
Fax: +49 (0)3303 53707 410
E-mail:s.prueser@francotyp.com

The FP Group in Brief

Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG is the first multi-channel-provider provider
for mail communications. The FP Group's range of products and services
includes franking and inserting machines, the direct collection of business
mail to hybrid-mail and full digital mail solutions for private and
commercial users. Headquartered in Birkenwerder near Berlin, the Group's
wide product spectrum enables it to provide tailored mail management
services. With a corporate history that goes back over 85 years and local
branches in many industrialised countries, the FP Group currently holds
around 10% of the worldwide franking machine market. Today it is profiting
in all its segments from the increasing liberalisation of mail markets and
the trend for businesses to outsource their outbound mail processes to
professional service providers. Total revenue in financial 2010 came to
147.3 million euros. Worldwide, the Group employs over 1,000 people.

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Language: English
Company: Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG
Triftweg 21-26
16547 Birkenwerder
Germany
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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