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D+S europe AG:
D+S europe takes over online marketing agency Adamicus
30.01.2008 – 15:09
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30.01.2008
Expected 2009e EBIT contribution of over EUR 3 million
Hamburg, 30 January 2008. D+S europe AG (ISIN: DE0005336804), the leading service provider for comprehensive e-commerce and customer contact management, has acquired a total share of 85.2% in Adamicus GmbH, a full service agency for online performance marketing, with effect from 1 January 2008. Silence was agreed on the purchase price. The fixed component amounts to a share number in the medium five-figure range acquired by D+S europe AG from its cash flow via the stock market in January 2008 exploiting the general weakness of the capital market. For the remaining share of 14.8% D+S europe AG obtained an option to takeover expiring in 2012.
Adamicus GmbH is a full service agency for online performance marketing and is already operating for several of D+S europe AG´s clients especially from the fast-growing fashion industry. With its needs-based strategies Adamicus supports its clients´ Internet transactions increasing the number of visits and sales volume of their websites. Adamicus´ main focus is enhancing the performance of Internet shops.
For D+S europe AG this takeover is of particular strategic significance for further expanding its e-commerce business. Even today D+S europe AG is one of the leading providers of online shops and online sales. Thus several well-known suppliers, in particular from the fashion industry, make use of D+S europe AG´s services, whose product range will now be rounded off by the takeover of Adamicus GmbH. In 2008 D+S europe AG will expand its e-commerce capacities considerably and start running the online shops of new clients. Already in 2009e D+S europe AG expects an EBIT contribution of over EUR 3 million from its online marketing transactions.
About D+S europe: With its over 5,600 employees Europe-wide D+S europe AG is the leading solutions provider for comprehensive e-commerce and customer contact management. Regardless of the communication channel, whether via landline, mobile, via Internet, TV or in writing, D+s europe manages the contacts of internationally leading enterprises with millions of private customers. For renowned brand manufacturers D+S europe operates online shops and their Europe-wide e-commerce business. D+S europe AG´s share is listed in Prime Standard and in SDAX. For further information please refer to www.dseurope.ag.
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Further inquiry note:
D+S europe AG, Kapstadtring 10, 22297 Hamburg
Director Corporate Communications & Marketing
Thiess Johannssen, Telefon: +49 (0) 40.4114-1400, Telefax: +49 (0) 40.4114-3399
t.johannssen@dseurope.ag
Branche: Advertising
ISIN: DE0005336804
WKN: 533680
Index: SDAX, CDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
Börsen: Börse Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
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