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Feb 2, 2007

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Corporate | 2 February 2007 14:51

GROUP Technologies AG: New law outlines requirements for business mail

GROUP Technologies AG / Miscellaneous

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Eisenach/Karlsruhe, 02 February 2007 – Legislators set binding regulation
for obligatory information for business e-mails

The regulation for electronic commercial and cooperative registers as well
as the companies registry 'Gesetz über elektronische Handelsregister und
Genossenschaftsregister sowie das Unternehmensregister' (EHUG), took effect
as of 01 January 2007. This regulation sets new form requirements for
business e-mail communication with regard to obligatory information to be
included in the correspondence.

That, which has been valid for the past years in printed materials, now
finds application in electronic communication. Since the beginning of the
year, information usually found in the footer of the first page of a
business letter must also be included in business e-mails. Legislators
defined the minimum information required in paragraphs 125a HGB (German
commercial code), 80 AktG (stock corporation law) und 35a GmbHG (LLC/Ltd
code). These include, for example, the legal form and company headquarters,
the register court and the number under which the company is registered in
the commercial registry.

These changes therefore affect all companies and their external e-mail
communication – such as proposals, purchase orders, shipment confirmation,
delivery confirmation, invoices, etc. Should the required information not
be included fines may be imposed.

As part of its portfolio in the area of e-mail compliance, GROUP
Technologies AG offers a solution to meet the legal requirements and
therefore allows a legally compliant e-mail process. 'The automatic
inclusion of company and regulation conforming text modules into e-mails is
child’s play using the GROUP solution 'Trailer'. For all employees or
departments centrally accessible text modules are automatically attached to
each e-mail thereby ensuring legal compliance', stated Herbert Reder,
member of the management of GROUP Technologies. GROUP’s solution 'Trailer'
can be adapted to the legal positions of other states to comply with the
requirements set by the EU.

Contact:
GROUP Technologies AG,
Hospitalstraße 6,
99817 Eisenach,
Deutschland,
Kirstin Schau
E-Mail: kirstin.schau@group-technologies.com
Tel.: +49 3691 7353-0, Fax: +49 3691 7353-9912,
http://www.group-technologies.com

DGAP 02.02.2007

Language: English
Issuer: GROUP Technologies AG
Hospitalstr. 6
99817 Eisenach Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)3691-7353-0
Fax: +49 (0)661-964299-619
E-mail: ir@group-technologies.com
WWW: www.group-technologies.com
ISIN: DE0005104509, DE000A0JQ5J6
WKN: 510450, A0JQ5J
Indices:
Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart

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