direct/ Financial Life Media AG further expands

Würzburg, Cologne, Helsinki, Zurich, 28.09. 2004 09:46

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direct/ Financial Life Media AG further expands

Financial Life Media AG further expands in Germany and Switzerland by acquiring Globo Net GmbH

Financial Life Media AG expands its leading position as Online Investor Relations Agency in Germany and Switzerland. After the recent successful merger of the IR divisions with Quartal Oy, Helsinki, Financial Life Media AG now acquires its biggest German competitor, Globo Net GmbH, Cologne.

Financial Life Media AG strengthens its competitive position

Würzburg, Cologne, Helsinki, Zurich.

Financial Life Media AG (Flife AG), a company of the Quartal Group, strengthens its top position as a leading Online Investor Relations Agency in Germany and Switzerland having acquired its biggest competitor on both markets, Globo Net GmbH, Cologne. With this acquisition, the group now is the provider of choice for 370 listed companies in 14 countries and thus once more significantly expands its market leadership.

Financial Life Media AG and Quartal Oy offer a broad product portfolio and comprehensive Internet-based Investor Relations services for companies listed on the stock exchange. The award-winning and first-class Investor Relations Information services are intended both for professional and private investors but also for in-house communication and reporting processes.

"Globo Net GmbH is one of the few Investor Relations providers who have developed well-known brand products by their own efforts and who have successfully placed them with companies quoted on the stock exchange" summarizes Claudia Breitenberger-Cerny, CEO of Financial Life Media AG. "Thanks to the concentration of both product ranges, customers of Financial Life Media AG and PowerChart are now also offered a one-stop service for comprehensive high-end solutions which range from simple share price displays to complete design and creation of IR websites. Furthermore, as PowerChart will have significantly extended development resources, even extensive projects can be carried out more rapidly in the future. Our fully developed, cutting-edge product and service portfolio allows us to provide even better support for companies to realize in their Online Investor Relations strategy and their individual positioning."

Technological market leadership

Besides strengthening of its competitive position, the group is working intensively to further strengthen its technological market leadership. Now with a team of more than 50 developers, the company will soon introduce new service and product applications.

"Our new products will permanently change Investor Relations" says Claudia Breitenberger-Cerny. "Having to rely on different service providers will be a thing of the past. In the future, the Management and Investor Relation Teams will be able to harmonize their processes in order to act and react rapidly and effectively. "

For further information, please contact:

Financial Life Media AG, CEO Claudia Breitenberger-Cerny tel. +49 931 3561 114, cb@flife.de

Quartal Oy, CEO Aarne Aktan, tel. +358 40 7740204, aarne.aktan@quartal.com

Financial Life Media AG offers personalised market information and market information services especially for Investor Relations functions, portals and, newspaper publishing houses as well as for institutions in the financial sector.

Financial Life Media AG´s customers include clients such as Lufthansa, Siemens, Volkswagen, Deutsche Post, Helvetia Patria, Verlag Heirich Vogel und Süddeutsche Zeitung. The company also has customers in Switzerland, Great Britain and Austria.

For more information, please visit www.flife-ag.de

Quartal, a specialist in content management and corporate online communications, provides solutions and services for e-enterprise needs, financial reporting and investor relations. Founded in 1997, Quartal is privately owned and currently employs 75 professionals and has offices in Helsinki, Würzburg and Zurich.

Quartal´s clientele includes a large number of listed companies across Europe, including Coca-Cola HBC, Nokia, Nordea, Heineken, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise and Reuters.

For more information, please visit www.quartal.com

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