DGAP-News: Beaufort Capital and a private investor indirectly acquire the majority of shares of nextevolution AG

nextevolution AG / Miscellaneous

30.12.2008 

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+++ New strategic investor will attend nextevolution long-term 

Hamburg / Mainz, December 30, 2008: nextevolution AG (ISIN DE000A0JC0A2 /
Prime Standard) announces, that the private equity fund BO4 Investment
Partnership II GmbH & Co. KG, a fund managed by Technology Growth Investor
Beaufort Capital, together with the private investor Dr Rainer Bischoff,
acquired 60.30 percent of the shares of nextevolution AG indirectly via
White Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (currently still named fentus 6. GmbH).
Beaufort Capital holds the majority of the equity and Dr Rainer Bischoff
holds the majority of votes in White Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
(currently still named fentus 6. GmbH). Beyond the legal regulated offer it
is the strategic goal of Beaufort to purchase all outstanding shares. With
Dr Rainer Bischoff a long-term business partner of Beaufort Capital was
converted as a partner. Besides the fact, that Dr Bischoff itself is a well
networked investment manager, said acquisition structure was chosen by
Beaufort Capital for regulatory reasons. Beaufort Capital concentrates
within its investment descisions on medium sized technology companies in
the segments telecommunication, software, hardware and environmental
technologies. As a strategic orientated investor, Beaufort Capital will
support nextevolution over the next years.

'We welcome the investment descision of Beaufort in our company', said Nils
Manegold, nextevolutions Chief Financial Officer. 'The financial engagement
enables nextevolution to achieve the next level of development. From
several acquisitions, organic growth and the opening up of new attractive
niche markets resulted an enormous growth, that made nextevolution within
three years to Germanys leading ECM-solutions provider. The current
enterprise size and the strived future development requires a clear,
financially strong and expansion willing shareholder structure to use
interesting opportunities and growth chances independently from the capital
markets environment. We see in the new investor a partner, who brings us an
improvement of reputation on all levels and a real strengthening in the
face of the expansion and the fortification of our market position in the
IT-advisory- and solutionsbusiness', said Nils Manegold.

'nextvolution is a solid and attractive basis for a majority holding with
excellent growth prospects. Within our perennial investment horizon and
besides the financial investment, we also accompany nextevolutions
management in strategic descision making.  More over, we support the
management regarding the expansion of the business. So we expect to
continue the growth of the last years in a suitable way with superior and
sustainable return', said Patrick Hennings-Huep, partner of Beaufort
Capital.

'In challenging times, Beaufort Capital wants to support fast growing
companies like nextevolution on their future course. Besides capital, we
provide long time experience and network. For the further growth, the
management of nextevolution AG has our full confidence and  we are looking
forward to the cooperation', said Stefan Friese Partner of Beaufort
Capital.





Investor Relations contact:
GFEI mbH
Hamburger Allee 26-28
60486 Frankfurt am Main
T: +49 / 69 / 743 037 00
F: +49 / 69 / 743 037 22
www.gfei.de
nextevolution@gfei.de

Unternehmenskontakt:
nextevolution AG   Beaufort Capital GmbH
Robert-Koch-Straße 41   Alsterarkaden 9
55129 Mainz    20354 Hamburg
T: +49 / 61 31 / 914 200  +49 / 40 / 34 99 99 6
F: +49 / 61 31 / 914 222  +49 / 40 / 40 34 99 99 77
www.nextevolution.de   www.bo4.de
unternehmensinformation@nextevolution.de henningshuep@bo4.de


About nextevolution:
nextevolution group, including its subsidiaries BGS AG, CEO AG and net on
GmbH, performs IT-Consulting and systems integration in the German-speaking
area. With the service focus on 'Content Management Solutions', 'Portal
based Business Solutions' as well as 'Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions',
nextevolution generates innovative business solutions for medium-sized
companies and large-sized companies and the public sector. nextevolution
group offers an integrated service offer, that covers the life cycle of a
business solution from the conceptual consulting over the implementation up
to the support during the utilisation phase. This approach supports the
consistent and efficient provision of the service process for the use of
the customer.

About Beaufort Capital:
Beaufort Capital invests in technology growth companies in Germany, Austria
and Switzerland. The company focuses on the segments telecommunications,
software, hardware, environmental- and medical technology. Beaufort Capital
is an independent investment company based in Hamburg and Berlin.


Contact:
nextevolution AG
Robert Koch-Straße 41 
55129 Mainz
T: +49 6131 914 200 
F: +49 6131 914 222
unternehmensinformation@nextevolution.de
www.nextevolution.de



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Language:     English
Issuer:       nextevolution AG
              Robert-Koch-Straße 41
              55129  Mainz
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)61 31 / 914 202
Fax:          +49 (0)61 31 / 914 222
E-mail:       unternehmensinformation@nextevolution.de
Internet:     www.nextevolution.de
ISIN:         DE000A0JC0A2
WKN:          A0JC0A
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Düsseldorf
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