Plenum AG

Board/Management Information • Dec 22, 2008

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Ad-hoc | 22 December 2008 12:57

plenum AG: Focus on Core Business

plenum AG / Change of Personnel

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Ad hoc – announcement by plenum AG: Focus on Core Business

• plenum buys consulting firm
• plenum sells internet agency
• Executive board diminished, operative management strengthened
• Good order inflow expected at beginning of the new year

Wiesbaden, Germany, 22 December, 2008 - plenum AG (Prime Standard, ISIN DE
0006901002) further focuses on the core business of Management Consulting.
Therefore, the company is planning to sell the internet agency Digital
Online Media GmbH (D.O.M.), based in Cologne, Germany, in the course of an
MBO. The sale is scheduled for the first quarter of 2009. Simultaneously,
the negotiations regarding the purchase of a consulting firm with the focus
on `Industrialisation of financial service providers` are nearly completed,
the purchase is also scheduled for the first quarter of 2009. Therewith,
plenum now consists of four operative consulting units: plenum Management
Consulting GmbH based in Wiesbaden, Germany, plenum FZ-LLC based in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates, in:sight GmbH based in Ulm, Germany, and the new
consulting firm which is also based in Ulm, Germany.

In future, the plenum AG will thus only perform administration and
controlling functions. Accordingly, it will be streamlined and managed by
Hartmut Skubch as sole director. The previous board members Michael Rohde
and Klaus Gröne left the board of directors and will now concentrate on
managing the plenum Management Consulting GmbH which accounts for
approx.75% of plenum’s overall business volume.

At the same time, Oliver Wagner was appointed as a further management
member of the plenum Management Consulting GmbH, and with Kerstin Kaiser
and Armin Cronauer two more proxies have been appointed. Thus, the German
consulting sector is managed by:

Michael Rohde, CEO, Market segment Banks
Klaus Gröne, Executive director, Market segment Insurances
Dr. Mattias Baubkus, Executive director, Market segment Energy & Logistics
Oliver Wagner , Executive director, Main consulting area IT-Management &
IT-Strategy
Kerstin Kaiser, Proxy, Main consulting area IT-Architecture
Armin Cronauer, Proxy, Main consulting area Business Process Optimization

By appointing Andreas Biermann as Project Director we have also
strengthened the management of plenum FZ- LLC in Dubai, UAE, which now
consists of:

Esha Chakravarty, Managing Director
Andreas Biermann, Project Director

As announced at plenum’s last annual general meeting Norbert Rohrig will
leave the company’s supervisory board at the turn of the year. As senior
management partner he will then further develop the market segment
Insurances together with Klaus Gröne. The supervisory board has proposed
Lutz Bickhardt as successor of Norbert Rohrig and submitted this proposal
to the local court Wiesbaden, Germany. Thus, Lutz Blickhardt will be a new
member of the supervisory board.

Concerning the challenges caused by the financial crisis, plenum considers
itself well prepared in terms of its organisational structure and as
regards content. Banks and insurances must further standardise and automate
their processes. For that plenum’s consulting know-how represents a key
competency. Accordingly, the company expects to accomplish further
consulting mandates at the turn of the year, adding up to a total capacity
of approximately 3 Mill. Euro.

Information and statements of the issuer concerning this notification:
This notification contains future-oriented statements which rest on current
expectations, estimates, predictions and prognoses as well as assessments
and assumptions made by the management of plenum AG. In particular, such
statements comprise statements on plans, strategies and prospects. Such
future-oriented statements are characterised by words like 'expect',
'anticipated', 'provisional' and similar terms. These statements represent
no guarantees of future events and contain risks, uncertainties and
assumptions, which are sometimes hardly foreseeable. Thus, actual
consequences and results can significantly differ from what is declared in
these future-oriented statements.

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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

About plenum AG:
plenum AG (Prime Standard, ISIN DE0006901001) is one of Germany’s leading
German management consulting firms and focuses on strategic objectives
related to the industrialisation of service providers, particularly of
financial and energy providers.

For further information or in the case of questions please refer to:
plenum AG

Investor Relations
Hagenauer Str. 53
65203 Wiesbaden
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)611-9882-0
Fax: +49 (0)611-9882-496
Email: aktie@plenum.de
Internet: www.plenum.de

22.12.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

Language: English
Issuer: plenum AG
Hagenauer Straße 53
65203 Wiesbaden
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)611 9882-361
Fax: +49 (0)611 9882-496
E-mail: aktie@plenum.de
Internet: www.plenum.de
ISIN: DE0006901002
WKN: 690100
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Stuttgart;
Freiverkehr in Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf

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