DGAP-News: 3U HOLDING AG: Announcement to Section 4 Sub-section 2 Directive (EU) No. 2273/2003

3U HOLDING AG / Share Buyback

06.11.2008 

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Marburg, November 6, 2008. The share buy-back program announced by 3U
HOLDING AG on October 31, 2008 in an ad hoc announcement begins on November
6, 2008 and is to end on February 27, 2009 at the latest. The Board of
Management is thus availing of the authorization granted by the general
meeting on August 28, 2007. For the duration of the share buy-back program
3U HOLDING AG reserves the right – in compliance with statutory provisions
– to suspend and resume the buy-back program at any time. The purchased
shares may be used for all the purposes foreseen in the authorization
resolution adopted at the general meeting on August 28, 2007.
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) was commissioned with buying back as
many as 4,684,224 shares in the company in accordance with the trading
conditions laid down in Section 4 to 6 of the Directive (EU) No. 2273/2003
(EU DIR). LBBW reaches its decisions on the point in time of the purchase
of the shares independently and unswayed by the company.
LBBW was commissioned with buying back the shares exclusively through the
stock exchange. The transaction value per share (excl. incidental costs)
may not be more than 10% higher than or 25% lower than the closing price of
the stock in XETRA trading of Frankfurt stock exchange on the trading day
prior to the repurchase. Furthermore, in accordance with Section 5
Sub-section 1 EU DIR shares may not be purchased at a price higher than
that of the last independent transaction or (should this be higher) higher
than that of the current highest independent bid on the stock exchange at
which the purchase is taking place.
In accordance with Section 5 Sub-section 2 EU DIR no more than 25% of the
average daily share turnover on the stock exchange at which the purchase is
taking place may be purchased. The average daily stock turnover is derived
from the average daily trading volume of the last twenty trading days prior
to the purchase date.
The transactions will be announced in a manner that complies with the
requirements of Section 4 Sub-section 4 EU DIR at the end of the seventh
trading day following their execution at the latest. Moreover, 3U HOLDING
AG will provide regular information on the progress of the share buy-back
program under www.3u.net.

Contact:
3U HOLDING AG
Neue Kasseler Str. 62F
35039 Marburg
phone: +49 6421 999-1200
fax: +49 6421 999-1998
email: boerse@3u.net
DGAP 06.11.2008 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       3U HOLDING AG
              Neue Kasseler Str. 62 F
              35039 Marburg
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)6421/999-0
Fax:          +49 (0)6421/999-1111
E-mail:       boerse@3u.net
Internet:     www.3u.net
ISIN:         DE0005167902
WKN:          516790
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Berlin, Stuttgart
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