Release of an announcement according to Article 93 Sentence 3 BörseG BRAIN FORCE HOLDING AG: Release according to Article 93, Section 2 BörseG with the objective of Europe-wide distribution Release of a Voting Rights announcement transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRAIN FORCE HOLDING AG (ISIN: AT0000820659) has been notified that CROSS Industries AG ('CROSS'), Edisonstraße 1, 4600 Wels, has integrated its 100% shareholding in BF Informationstechnologie-Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H. in BEKO HOLDING AG, within the context of a capital increase through a contribution in kind using existing authorised capital. As a result of this transaction, CROSS has acquired a controlling influence in BEKO HOLDING AG. The voting rights in BRAIN FORCE HOLDING AG held by BEKO HOLDING AG, in which CROSS has a controlling influence (§ 22 Austrian Takeover Act), has exceeded the threshold of 50%, to the extent that BEKO HOLDING AG now has 53.14% as per 30 September 2008 of the voting rights in BRAIN FORCE HOLDING AG. In addition, CROSS directly controls 0.63% of the voting rights in BRAIN FORCE HOLDING AG (c)DGAP 02.10.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: BRAIN FORCE HOLDING AG Wagramer Straße 19 A-1220 Wien Österreich Internet: www.brainforce.com End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------