Segment switch complete - Leonardo Venture listed in Prime Standard on the Frankfurt Securities Exchange

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Mannheim (euro adhoc) - From today on, the shares of Leonardo Venture GmbH & Co.
KGaA are listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Securities Exchange.
Having been one of the first enterprises to decide on a listing in the Entry
Standard in October 2005, the Company now, however, counts amongst those
pioneers that have opted to switch segments into the Prime Standard. The
early-stage financier last week successfully completed a capital increase. "The
switch to the Prime Standard is for us a clear affirmation of our growth
strategy and an investment in the future," explains Managing Director Prof. Udo
Wupperfeld.

Prime Standard companies are subject to strict - internationally normal -
transparency requirements, which go far beyond the scope that previously applied
to Leonardo Venture. The Prime Standard is tailored to the needs of companies
seeking to position themselves, especially vis-à-vis international investors,
through a high level of transparency. With its switch to the Prime Standard,
therefore, Leonardo Venture will be able to broaden its shareholder base
significantly.

The low level of attention paid to the Entry Standard, and the limited
opportunities as a result to communicate with investors, analysts and
journalists, led Leonardo Venture to switch to the Prime Standard. Managing
Director Prof. Hans-Georg Köglmayr has great expectations for future
development: "We will be able to exploit the greater attention now paid to us.
Our primary goal will be to reduce the existing valuation discount between the
book value of our participations and the market capitalization of Leonardo
Venture within the context of an active and open communication policy."

About Leonardo Venture GmbH & Co. KGaA

Leonardo Venture is a venture capital company focusing on enterprises in the
area of healthcare and quality of life in Germany and abroad. Leonardo Venture
invests its own funds directly in companies as an early-stage financier.
Leonardo Venture possesses many years of expertise in development of its
portfolio companies. The company is in constant contact with the portfolio
businesses and helps them develop sustainably. In the past, the company has
demonstrated that it is able to actively manage risks and sustainably develop
its portfolio companies and thus contribute to an increase in their value.
Besides realising a workable financing platform, the knowledge transfer, the
strategic focus of the company and the contacts it opens up create the basis for
revenue and income growth. Together with its competence network, Leonardo
Venture guarantees effective venture management and rapid realisation of
ambitious entrepreneurial goals.
Shares of Leonardo Venture GmbH & Co. KGaA are listed in the Prime Standard of
the Frankfurt securities market under the identification code L3V and ISIN
DE0005878763

Disclaimer

This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation to make an
offer to purchase shares or other securities. The offer in Germany will be made
exclusively by means of and on the basis of the published prospectus. The
prospectus is published on the Leonardo Venture GmbH & Co. KGaA website. Printed
copies are available in Germany from the Company and quirin bank AG free of
charge.

This announcement is neither an offer to purchase securities nor a solicitation
to make an offer to purchase shares or other securities in the United States.
Shares in Leonardo Venture GmbH & Co. KGaA (the "Shares") may not be offered or
sold in the United States or to, or for the account of, any US person (as such
term is defined in Regulation S of the US Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the
`Securities Act´)) absent registration or an exemption from registration under
the Securities Act. The Shares have not and will not be registered under the
Securities Act.

Further inquiry note:
Peter Alex
Tel: ++49 (0) 621-833 7 555
[email protected]

end of announcement euro adhoc 29.10.2007 14:37:56
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emitter: Leonardo Venture GmbH & Co. KGaA
Friedrichstraße 157
D-68199 Mannheim
phone: +49 (0)621-8337555
FAX: +49 (0)621-8337522
mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.leonardoventure.de
sector: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: DE0005878763
indexes:
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Börse Frankfurt, free trade:
Börse Berlin
language: English

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