Ad-hoc | 25 February 2002 07:59

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QSC consolidates stock market listings – voluntary delisting from Nasdaq Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– QSC consolidates stock market listings to Frankfurt – voluntary delisting from NASDAQ Cologne, February 25, 2002. QSC AG, Germanys leading alternative DSL provider, plans to consolidate the parallel trading of its shares on both NASDAQ and Frankfurts Neuer Markt. To this end, the company will voluntarily delist from NASDAQ in order to concentrate the trading of its shares on the Neuer Markt of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The delisting is expected to occur at the close of trading on April 2, 2002. Since its initial public offering in April 2000, the shares of QSC AG have been quoted on the NASDAQ in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADS) with the symbol QSCG. One ADS is equivalent to two ordinary bearer shares of QSC AGs common stock. The efforts of maintaining a listing on the NASDAQ are not in proportion to the extremely low trading volume of QSCs ADSs on NASDAQ. During the fourth quarter of 2001, approximately 97 percent of all trading in QSCs shares on average occurred on the Neuer Markt of the Frankfurt Stock exchange. QSCs ADS program will be discontinued at the same time as the NASDAQ delisting. QSC expects that this decision will not only achieve cost savings, but also result in an increased trading volume of its shares on the Neuer Markt. Preparation of the QSCs financial statements in accordance with US GAAP accounting standards will not be affected by the NASDAQ delisting in the United States. For further information: Investor Relations partner of QSC AG Schumachers AG Dorothee Kagelmann Tel.: +49 (0)89/4892720 Fax: +49 (0)89/48927212 Mail: qsc@schumachers.net end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 25.02.2002 Issuer’s information/explanatory remarks concerning this ad-hoc-announcement: This Adhoc announcement contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the US Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995). These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and forecasts of future events by the management of QSC AG. Due to risks or mistaken assumptions, actual results may deviate substantially from those made in such forward-looking statements. The assumptions that may involve material deviations due to unforeseeable developments include, but are not limited to, the demand for our products and services, the competitive situation, the development, dissemination and technical performance of DSL technology and its prices, the development and dis- semination of alternative broadband technologies and their respective prices, changes in respect of telecommunications regulation, legislation and adjudication, prices and timely availability of essential third-party services and products, the timely development of additional marketable value-added ser- vices, the ability to maintain and enlarge upon marketing and distribution agreements and to conclude new marketing and distribution agreements, the ability to obtain additional financing in the event that management’s planning targets are not attained, the punctual and full payment of outstanding debts by sales partners and resellers of QSC AG, and the availability of sufficient skilled personnel. ——————————————————————————– WKN: 513700; ISIN: DE0005137004; Index: Listed: Neuer Markt in Frankfurt; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart 250759 Feb 02