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Essen/, 5 February 2012 – The Essen-based Mittelstand specialist, Conpair, was selected for the second time in a row by Bond Magazine as the Best Advisor for SME Bonds in 2012.

According to Bond Magazine, the deciding factor was the successful transactions of Conpair in 2012, which were convincing with above-average performance. The bond issues for Jacob Stauder GmbH & Co. KG and HOMANN HOLZWERSTOFFE GmbH were particularly highlighted. The successful capital increased of Semper idem Underberg GmbH and Valensina GmbH also made a significant contribution to this year’s award.

“We are very pleased to have received this award again from Bond Magazine. It encourages us to continue focus- sing on established brand-name companies or fast-growing, profitable, hidden champions.”, says Prof. Dr. Michael Nelles, CEO of Conpair AG. “, as well as potential bond issuers associated Conpair as a financial advisor with successful bond issues. These are distinguished by efficient processes, open communication, fair pric- ing and subsequent positive performance.” The issues supported by Conpair have achieved indexed performance of more than 22% since the establishment of the Düsseldorf Mittelstand market in April 2011.

In addition to Conpair, Berentzen-Gruppe AG was selected as best issuer (“Best Issuer – Mittelstand Bonds”) and Close Brothers Seydler AG, the partner of Conpair in bond issues, was selected as the best issuing bank (“Best Bookrunner”) by Bond Magazine. Techem GmbH received the award as “Best German Issuer”, while the Hahn Group was selected as “Best Issuer – Secured Mittelstand Bonds”.

In its function as a capital market partner (Düsseldorf Exchange) and listing partner (Frankfurt Stock Ex- change), Conpair supports the companies as a financial advisor over the entire bond issuing process. The functions include the evaluation of possible financing alternatives in view of the company’s strategic targets, while Conpair also takes over the coordination of the entire process – from preparation of the necessary documents, the selection of the respective partners, right up to supporting the placement.

About Conpair:

Conpair feels committed to the German Mittelstand. For more than 10 years, Conpair has been in charge of financ- ing projects and corporate transactions of small and medium-sized companies. Conpair speaks the language of the German Mittelstand and stands for creative solutions and a close cooperation based on partnership. The success can be measured based on the -term client relationships and - of course - the numbers. In recent years, the Conpair AG accompanied transactions with an accumulated volume of about one billion . Conpair is a listing partner of the Entry Standard segment for bonds on the Frankfurt , as well as a capital market part- ner of the mittelstandsmarkt of the Düsseldorf Stock Exchange.

For more information about the Conpair AG visit our website www.conpair.de.

For further information contact:

Conpair AG Marco Stricker Rüttenscheider Str. 97-113 D-45130 Essen

T. +49 201 89689 22 F. +49 201 89689 50 [email protected]