Rating agency D&B confirms highest credit rating for AvW Group

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Krumpendorf/Wörthersee (euro adhoc) - In July 2008, the Carinthian investment
group AvW Gruppe AG was once again awarded the excellent rating of 5A1 by the
renowned rating agency Dun & Bradstreet. "Thanks to its strong equity base and
an equity ratio of 91 per cent, the company enjoys an excellent financial
standing, which is confirmed by this highly satisfactory rating", says Wolfgang
Auer von Welsbach, Chairman of the AvW Management Board.

In the 2007 financial year, the AvW Group was able to raise its equity capital
to EUR 317.11 million as compared to 2006 (EUR 251.41 million) - this represents
an increase by 26.1 per cent. The rating confirms that the overall situation of
AvW Gruppe AG is very satisfactory and that the company has a sound financial
standing within the industry. The fact that AvW Gruppe AG is part of a group of
companies was particularly taken into account in determining the risk class.

AvW Gruppe AG is an Austrian investment company focusing on small caps in
Austria, Germany, Asia and Australia. AvW participating certificates (AVWIga.F,
ISIN AT0000703269) of the AvW Group are listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
More information about AvW is available on the Internet at www.avw.eu.

The key investments of the AvW Group as of 30.6.2009 in detail are as follows:

Financial services providers:

74% AvW INVEST AG (AvWI.VI)

31% C-Quadrat (C81.DE)

5% Cash Financial Services Group (8122.HK)

IT/communications

27% S & T (SNTS.VI)

22% Nextevolution (N5EG.DE)

20% Cancom AG (COKG.DE)

16% Realtech AG (RTCG.DE)

11% Ecotel (E4CG.DE)

6% GFT Gruppe (GFTG.DE)

5% Euromicron (EUCG.DE)

Industrial enterprises:

27% Binder & CO AG (BIND.VI)

10% Hirsch Servo AG (HISE.VI)

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