Ad-hoc | 19 January 2007 20:04
United Internet AG / Disposal
Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG transmitted by DGAP - a company
of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Ad-hoc announcement acc. to Sec. 15 WpHG: United Internet sells outsourcing
provider twenty4help
Montabaur, January 19, 2007. United Internet AG (ISIN: DE 000 508 903 1),
Montabaur, today reached a general agreement with Teleperformance SA
(Euronext: FR 0000051807), Paris, with regard to the sale of the United
Internet Group subsidiary twenty4help AG, Montabaur, to Teleperformance.
With the sale of the company, which no longer belonged to the Group’s core
business, United Internet has completed the final step toward becoming a
pure Internet Service Provider (ISP). The Group’s Outsourcing segment, of
which twenty4help accounted for around 90%, will no longer be separately
disclosed in future. The remaining Outsourcing brand InterNetX will be
integrated into the Product segment. In future, therefore, United Internet
will focus entirely on its Product segment (with the brands GMX, WEB.DE,
1&1, Fasthosts and InterNetX) and Online Marketing segment (with AdLINK,
affilinet and Sedo).
In the course of the transaction, the value of twenty4help AG was
determined to be around EUR 85 million. The final purchase price is based
on the audited and certified consolidated financial statements of
twenty4help AG for the fiscal year 2006. Teleperformance will pay the full
purchase price in cash.
The sale was approved today by the respective committees of the United
Internet Group. The transaction is expected to be completed in the next few
weeks. Teleperformance’s acquisition is subject to the usual approval
procedures of the relevant anti-trust authorities.
DGAP 19.01.2007
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Language: English
Issuer: United Internet AG
Elgendorfer Straße 57
56410 Montabaur Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)260 296-1631
Fax: +49 (0)260 296-1013
E-mail: Investor-Relations@United-Internet.de
WWW: www.United-Internet.de
ISIN: DE0005089031
WKN: 508903
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin-Bremen, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf
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