EquityStory AG and Financial Times Deutschland offering joint services at the start of the EU Transparency Directive

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EquityStory AG and Financial Times Deutschland offering joint services at
the start of the EU Transparency Directive

EquityStory AG gains access to the international network of financial
newspapers

Munich – 12 January 2007

EquityStory AG (ISIN: DE0005494165) and the Financial Times Deutschland
(FTD) have agreed upon an extensive cooperation. In the process,
EquityStory AG gains access to a network of European financial newspapers,
which also includes the Financial Times and the French Les Echos in
addition to the Financial Times Deutschland.

Compulsory notifications from EquityStory AG clients and the 100 %
participation of the DGAP mbH can be guaranteed to be published on the
Internet sites of important financial newspapers in Europe with the start
of the German law pertaining to the EU Transparency Directive on 20 January
2007. The network has been jointly built up in recent months by the
Financial Times Group. The EquityStory Group functions as a national
partner of Financial Times Deutschland.

Moreover, the cooperation foresees the marketing of compulsory
notifications in the print editions of the Financial Times and Financial
Times Deutschland. Further European titles shall follow. In addition to
FTD, the Financial Times and Les Echos, the network also includes
Wirtschaftsblatt from Austria, La Gaceta de los Negocios from Spain, L’Echo
and De Tijd from Belgium, Het Financiele Dagblad from the Netherlands,
Expresso from Portugal, Il sole 24 ore from Italy, Gazeta Prawna and Warsaw
Business Journal from Poland, Express from Greece and Dnevnik from
Bulgaria.

Christoph Rüth, CEO of Financial Times Deutschland: 'The establishment of a
pan-European network for communication of financial notifications is an
important step towards improvement of transparency vis-à-vis investors.
Financial Times Deutschland is happy to be able to offer this exclusive
service in Germany together with EquityStory AG.'

Achim Weick, CEO of EquityStory AG: 'With this cooperation we are
consistently continuing our strategy to secure the best possible
international dissemination of capital market information for listed
enterprises. Particularly in view of the EU Transparency Directive we can
thus offer our clients a decisive added value.'

About the EquityStory group of companies: 
The EquityStory AG is the market leader for online investor relations in
the German-speaking region, and renders extensive business services in the
areas comprising reporting requirements, finance portals, audio and video
broadcasts of investor events, online financial reports as well as
outsourced websites for over 1,000 listed enterprises at home and abroad.
The sphere of reporting requirements is bundled in the subsidiary Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Ad-hoc-Publizität mbH (DGAP). The DGAP is an institution
for the fulfilment of regulatory publicity for listed companies, and has
been the market leader since the formation in 1996. The services encompass
ad-hoc notifications, ERS, directors’ dealings, WpÜG [Securities
Acquisition and Takeover Act] as well as the dispatch of corporate news and
press reports. The corporate group employs financial analysts,
communications experts and software engineers, and thus has the three core
competencies for online investor relations. The EquityStory concern
currently has a staff of 37 and realised a turnover in the amount of 3.9
million Euros in 2005. 

Contact:
EquityStory AG
Robert Wirth

Tel   +49(0)89 210298-34
Fax   +49(0)89 210298-49
Email robert.wirth@equitystory.de

Seitzstraße 23
80538 München

www.equitystory.de


DGAP 12.01.2007 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       EquityStory AG
              Seitzstraße 23
              80538 München Deutschland
Phone:        +49(0)89 210298-0
Fax:          +49(0)89 210298-49
E-mail:       info@equitystory.com
WWW:          www.equitystory.de
ISIN:         DE0005494165
WKN:          549416
Indices:      
Listed:       Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart; Entry
              Standard in Frankfurt
 
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