Placing period:

May 04. - 06. 1999 (subject to an early closing)

Subscription period:

May 04. - 06. 1999

Bookbuilding span:

8,50 - 10,00 €

Volume:

Up to 1.504.214 owner equities without nominal value with an arithmetical quota of 1 € (at practice of the Greenshoe)
Of this: 60.00 shares for a preferred subscription program for sales partners and employees

Increase in share capital:

Increase in share capital for cash deposits of 966.400 shares
(increase in share capital by € 966,400.- to € 3,800,000.-)

Re-placing:

Re-placing of 397.814 shares from the possession of single old shareholders

Greenshoe:

Altogether up to 140.000 shares from the possession of single old shareholders

Profit authorization:

From 01.01.1999

Procedure:

Book-Building

Leader of the consortium and
Bookrunner:

DG BANK Deutsche Genossenschaftsbank AG

Associates:

Bankgesellschaft Berlin
Dt. Apotheker- und Ärztebank

Begin of stock exchange quotation:

May 10. 1999 at the Neuer Markt

Security identification number:

506660