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Barclays Private Equity announces tender offer to shareholders of COMPUTERLINKS AG

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17.06.2008
Ad-hoc release pursuant to § 15 German Securities Trading Act
(Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - WpHG)
COMPUTERLINKS Aktiengesellschaft, Stefan George Ring 23, 81929 Munich
Barclays Private Equity announces tender offer to shareholders of 
COMPUTERLINKS AG
  • The acquisition company Platin 274.GmbH, in which a fund managed by Barclays Private Equity holds an indirect participation, intends to offer to COMPUTERLINKS shareholders EUR 15.50 per share in a voluntary public tender offer, and is aiming for a minimum acceptance rate of 75 percent.
  • COMPUTERLINKS AG is positive about the offer and will examine it thoroughly
Munich, 17 June 2008
The acquisition company Platin 274.GmbH (to be renamed in CSS 
Computer  Security Solutions Erwerbs GmbH), in which currently one,  
and  in  the  future  several, funds managed by Barclays Private 
Equity  Limited  ("Barclays  Private  Equity") hold an indirect 
participation, today announced pursuant to §  10  Takeover  Act 
(Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz - WpÜG) to  submit  a  
voluntary  public tender offer of EUR 15.50 per bearer share to the 
shareholders of  COMPUTERLINKS AG. The offer price thus equates to a 
premium  of  38.9  percent  on  the  Xetra closing price of the 
COMPUTERLINKS share on Monday 16 June  2008,  and  of  31.6 percent 
on the volume-weighted average Xetra price of  the  COMPUTERLINKS  
share over the past three months.
The takeover offer will be subject to the  condition  of  a  minimum 
acceptance rate of 75 percent and the approval  of  the  relevant  
regulatory  authorities. Barclays Private Equity has stated that  as 
the  new  majority  shareholder  it wants to support the company in 
its long-term  development,  and  to  contribute towards 
COMPUTERLINKS AG expanding its  position  as  market  leader  in  
Europe through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. In  the  
context  of  the  company's  further  development  and  its  plans  
for international  expansion,  the  management  board  of   
COMPUTERLINKS   AG,   in principle, welcomes the commitment of a 
financial investor  experienced  in  the field of medium-sized German
companies.  The  management  board  has  therefore decided, in the 
interests of the company, its shareholders  and  its  employees, and 
after having consulted the supervisory  board,  to  thoroughly  
examine  the offer announced by Barclays Private Equity.
Munich, 17 June 2008
The Management Board
COMPUTERLINKS Aktiengesellschaft
Stefan George Ring 23
81929 Munich
Tel: +49 89 93099 227
Fax: +49 89 93099 195
Email:  investor-relations@COMPUTERLINKS.de
end of announcement                               euro adhoc

Further inquiry note:

Daniela Drygalla

Tel: +49(0) 89 93099227

investor-relations@computerlinks.de

Branche: Computing & Information Technology
ISIN: DE0005448807
WKN: 544880
Index: CDAX, Prime All Share, Technologie All Share
Börsen: Börse Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Börse Berlin / free trade
Börse Hamburg / free trade
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