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  adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is solely
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18.05.2011

Büdelsdorf, 18. Mai 2011 - the Chairman of the freenet AG Supervisory Board, Mr. Thorsten Kraemer, today notified the company´s Executive and Supervisory Boards of his decision to resign his mandate on the freenet AG Supervisory Board with effect from the end of this year´s Annual General Meeting on 30 June 2011 for personal reasons. Mr. Thorsten Kraemer has sat on the company´s Supervisory Board since 2007. Mr. Prof. Dr. Helmut Thoma has also announced his resignation from the board with effect from the end of this year´s Annual General Meeting on 30 June 2011. Mr. Prof. Dr. Thoma has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 2005 and had also sat on the predecessor companies´ Supervisory Boards since 1998.

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issuer:      freenet AG
          Hollerstraße 126
          D-24782 Büdelsdorf
phone:       +49 (0)4331 691000
mail:         ir@freenet.ag
WWW:         http://www.freenet-group.de
sector:      Telecommunications
ISIN:        DE000A0Z2ZZ5
indexes:     Midcap Market Index, TecDAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share, Technology
          All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
          Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Hannover, München
language: English

Contact:

freenet AG
Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 (0)40 51306-778
E-Mail: ir@freenet.ag

Branche: Telecommunications
ISIN: DE000A0Z2ZZ5
WKN: A0Z2ZZ
Index: Midcap Market Index, TecDAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share,
Technology All Share
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Berlin / free trade
Hamburg / free trade
Stuttgart / free trade
Düsseldorf / free trade
Hannover / free trade
München / free trade