Pursuant to Section 30 paragraph 5 clause 3 Exchange Act (old version), the Stock Exchange undertakes to provide any prospectus in electronic form. All statements and notes contained herein are for informational purposes only. No information contained herein constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any share admitted for trading on FWB Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (FSE, Frankfurt Stock Exchange).

Since July 1, 2005, offeror or applicants for admission are obligated to publish any prospectus approved or certified pursuant to the Securities Prospectus Act (Wertpapierprospektgesetz, WpPG). The publication may, amongst others, take place on the website of the regulated market which the admission for trading was applied for.

Please note that neither Deutsche Börse AG nor FWB have checked the documents thus published hereafter for accuracy. In particular, the documents have not been examined with regard to completeness respectively consistency and comprehensibility.

Provided that this publication appears to be a public offer, such offer is only addressed to investors resident in Germany, unless the document itself gives an explicit specification.

No information contained herein constitutes an offer to sell or an invitation to purchase any shares – neither in the United Stated of America (USA) nor in any other country or vis-à-vis persons provided that such an offer or invitation is prohibited or not authorized. The users of this website are asked to be aware of and comply with such restrictions. The information contained in this website is no allowed to be broadcast in the USA, to “US persons” – as defined in Regulation S of the US Securities Act of 1933 – or to publications with a general broadcast in the USA. Any breach of these restrictions may give reason for a violation against the provisions of US Securities Regulations.

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