BRAIN FORCE Group
10.05.2007 16:33
Ad-hoc: BRAIN FORCE HOLDING AG starts share buyback programme and announces dividend decision
Based on the entitlement granted on the occasion of the general meeting held on May 9, 2007 pursuant to § 65 para. 1 lines 4 and 8 of AktG (Corporation Act) the managing board of BRAIN FORCE HOLDING AG has launched a share buyback programme. The resolution of the general meeting was published on May 10, 2007 in the "Amtsblatt zur Wiener Zeitung", in line with § 65 para. 1a of AktG. The buyback programme will start on May 15, 2007 and presumably end on November 9, 2008. According to the resolution, a maximum of 1,538,674 shares, i.e., approx. 10 percent of the nominal capital, will be bought back. The programme is aimed at the company's ordinary shares (ISIN AT0000820659) and will be handled exclusively by the stock exchange.

The board sees this measure to be another step of the organisation's growth strategy. The repurchased shares will be used e.g. for the acquisition of companies, operations or shares in one or more companies in Austria and abroad or for stock options granted to staff, executives, members of the management board or the supervisory board of the corporation or of affiliated companies. The purchase price paid by the company must not deviate by more than 10 percent from the average Xetra market price determined on the last 5 consecutive trading days.

BRAIN FORCE HOLDING AG intends to announce the programme on the company's website (http://www.brainforce.com/, "Investor Relations" area), in order to comply with §6 and §7 of the Veröffentlichungsverordnung (Publication Regulation) 2002, BGBl.II2002/112.

Furthermore, the general meeting decided on a dividend of EUR 0.10 per share for financial year 2006.
The dividend will be paid starting on May 14, 2007 by deducting 25 percent national withholding tax as is provided for by law. The dividend will be credited by custodian banks, the main paying agent being Erste Bank der oesterreichische Sparkassen AG, Vienna.

The stock will trade ex 2006 dividend (ISINAT0000820659 / WKN919331) on the Vienna Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange starting on May 14, 2007.