BEKO Holding AG
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BEKO Holding AG among TOP 100 on the Neuer Markt Corporate-news announcement sent by DGAP. The sender is solely responsible for the contents of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– In the fiscal year 2001, the strategic aim of aligning the company as one of the leading national IT service integrators with key shareholdings in important service specialists was pursued successfully. BEKO has, for example, now acquired stakes in AC-Service AG, CLC AG, TeleTrader.com Software AG and Brain Force Software AG. Board member Peter Fritsch comments, The manner in which the company has developed under very difficult market conditions in combination with our conservative accounting practices and high reserves of liquid funds has had a noticeable effect on the price trend as well as on the market capitalisation. Company strategy influences the stock price The BEKO stock clearly outperformed major indexes. In the period from January 2nd to June 21st, 2002, the BEKO stock rose by +13% while the Nemax-Allshare and the Nemax IT-Service fell by -39% and -44% respectively. BEKO Holding AG which holds 98th position in terms of market capitalisation is now one of the 100 largest companies on the Neuer Markt. BEKO Holding AG announces that the Gebhard & Schuster Wertpapierhandelsbank Aktiengesellschaft, Gräfelfing was contracted as the new Designated with effect from July 1st, 2002. In accordance with the regulatory framework of the Neuer Markt, the company will function as second Designated Sponsor alongside the Raiffeisen Centrobank Aktiengesellschaft, Vienna. Information relating to BEKO Holding AG BEKO Holding AG has completed the transition from being a traditional local IT service provider to being a national IT service integrator. In the process, BEKO Holding AG has positioned itself as a strategic finance holding the participations of which are selected in accordance with a core competence scheme that comprises three elements: -Customer Care: Integrated Customer Care Center, Help Desk, Logistics, B2B Platforms -Systems Care: IT Services & Solutions, Engineering Services -Data Care: Application Service Providing, Program Administration, e-Trading. BEKO Holding AG PR/IR & Communication, Dr. Max Höfferer Modecenterstrasse 22/A1, A-1030 Vienna Tel.: +43 1 797 50 – 244, Fax: +43 1 797 50 – 8004 max.hoefferer@beko.at, http://www.beko-holding.com end of message, (c)DGAP 25.06.2002