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PRESS RELEASE: Prime Office AG: Individual shareholders initiated special proceedings

DGAP-News: Prime Office AG / Key word(s): Legal Matter Prime Office AG: Individual shareholders initiated special proceedings

10.02.2014 / 08:55

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Prime Office AG: Individual shareholders initiated special proceedings

Cologne, 10 February 2014. By an application letter dated 28 January, 2014 which was served on Prime Office AG on 7 February, 2014, five shareholders initiated special valuation proceedings under the German Act on Special Valuation Proceedings ('SpruchG'). Following the merger of the previous Prime Office REIT-AG, Munich, into OCM German Real Estate Holding AG (now operating under the registered name of Prime Office AG), Cologne, the claimants applied for a judicial determination of the appropriate additional cash payment pursuant to 15 paragraph 1 of the German Reorganization Act ('UmwG') in connection with 1 No. 4 SpruchG in connection with 2 et seq. SpruchG. These shareholders claim with various arguments that the exchange ratio was inappropriate and, therefore, they are entitled to an additional cash payment plus interest. In the event that such valuation proceedings determine that the Company must improve the ex-change ratio by making an additional cash payment, this court decision, once it has become non-appealable, takes legal effect for and against all shareholders of the former Prime Office REIT-AG pursuant to 13 of the German Act on Special Valuation Proceedings.

The merger of the former Prime Office REIT-AG into Prime Office AG (the previous OCM German Real Estate Holding AG), which has become effective upon the entry of the merger in the commercial register of Prime Office AG, and the current capital increase of Prime Office AG remain unaffected of these special valuation proceedings.

In the light of this development, Prime Office AG has filed another supplement ('supplement No. 2') with the German financial supervisory authority ('BaFin'), which updates and adds to the company's prospectus dated 20 January 2014 as amended by the supplement No. 1 dated 28 January 2014.

The supplement No. 2 to the prospectus will be available on the internet on http://www.prime-office.de after approval by the BaFin.

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PRESS RELEASE: Mensch und Maschine Software SE discloses preliminary 2013 figures

DGAP-News: Mensch und Maschine Software SE / Key word(s): Preliminary Results Mensch und Maschine Software SE discloses preliminary 2013 figures

10.02.2014 / 09:30

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Strong closing quarter made 2013 finally successful - EBITDA 2013 purely operating nearly EUR 3 Million above PY

Wessling, February 10, 2014 - Mensch und Maschine Software SE (MUM - ISIN DE0006580806), a CAD/CAM specialist company, finished the fiscal year 2013 with a strong closing quarter, according to preliminary figures. On a purely operating basis, operating profit EBITDA for the full year 2013 was improved by nearly EUR 3 mln compared to the previous year.

Group sales 2013 amounted to approx. EUR 125.8 mln (PY: 118.80 / +5.9%), with Software contributing approx. EUR 35.1 mln (PY: 33.62 / +4.4%) and the VAR Business contributing approx. EUR 90.7 mln (PY: 85.18 / +6.4%). Software sales suffered from the strong Euro, particularly against the Japanese YEN. The Software segment grew more than 8% in local currencies.

Gross margin increased slightly disproportionately to sales by approx. 7% to approx. EUR 67.4 mln (PY: 62.97), with contributions of approx. EUR 32.5 mln (PY: 30.63 / +6.1% or +10% in local currencies) from Software and approx. EUR 34.9 mln (PY: 32.34 / +7.9%) from the VAR Business.

Other operating income decreased to approx. EUR 7.6 mln (PY: 13.11), as the contribution from the sale of the Distribution business, closed in 2011, was down to EUR 4.0 mln (PY: 9.0), according to plan.

Total added value, defined as gross margin plus other operating income, amounted to approx. EUR 75.0 mln, which was slightly under the previous year's EUR 76.08 mln, due to the EUR 5 mln less contribution from the Distribution sale.

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PRESS RELEASE: TAG Immobilien AG announces EUR 110m increase in its 2013/2018 corporate bond

DGAP-News: TAG Immobilien AG / Key word(s): Bond TAG Immobilien AG announces EUR 110m increase in its 2013/2018 corporate bond

10.02.2014 / 08:00

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TAG Immobilien AG announces EUR 110m increase in its 2013/2018 corporate bond

Hamburg, 10 February 2014 - The Management Board of TAG Immobilien AG ('TAG' or 'the Company' in the following) announces that it has increased the WKN A1TNFU/ ISINXS0954227210 corporate bond issued in August 2013 by another EUR 110 million through a private placement. The original volume of the bond, which matures in August 2018 and pays a coupon of 5.125% per year, was EUR 200 million. The bond is traded in the Open Market, the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, with participation in the Prime Standard for corporate bonds. The bond increase was issued at 103% of par value, which is about the current price of the bond.

The proceeds from the bond increase will primarily be used to further optimise the Company's capital and financing structure, and in particular to pay down higher interest-bearing bank loans without incurring prepayment penalties. The Board expects interest savings of a little over EUR 1 million per year, starting as early as Q2 2014.

Furthermore, the Company intends to use the net proceeds to finance TAG's continued growth and for other general business purposes.

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PRESS RELEASE: Epigenomics AG: Epigenomics Further Strengthens Intellectual Property Coverage for Epi proColon in the U.S. and in China

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10.02.2014 / 11:30

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Patents cover detection of colorectal cancer with Septin9 biomarker

Berlin (Germany) and Germantown, MD (U.S.A.), February 10, 2014 - Epigenomics AG (Frankfurt Prime Standard: ECX; OTCQX: EPGNY), the German-American cancer molecular diagnostics company, today announced that the Company was granted key Intellectual Property (IP) rights related to its blood-based colorectal cancer screening test Epi proColon(R) in the U.S. and in China.

On January 7, 2014, the Company received a patent for the method used in Epi proColon(R) to analyse Septin9 DNA methylation by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

In addition, on January 30, 2014, Epigenomics received a 'Notice of Allowance' stating that the Chinese Patent and Trademark Office intends to grant a patent for Epigenomics' Septin9 DNA methylation biomarker (mSEPT9) for use in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer. The Company was granted the corresponding biomarker patents for the U.S. by the USPTO already in 2010 and for Europe by the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2008.

'Receiving the patent for the underlying method used in our Epi proColon(R) screening test in the U.S. and the notice of allowance for the Septin9 biomarker in China significantly strengthens our intellectual property portfolio for our key product in two of the world's biggest markets,' Dr. Thomas Taapken, CEO/CFO of Epigenomics, commented. 'The method patent in the U.S. extends the IP coverage for Epi proColon(R) beyond the existing protection for the Septin9 biomarker used for colorectal cancer screening. This is especially encouraging in light of the recent Mayo vs. Prometheus court ruling in the US and underscores our leadership in molecular diagnostics based on DNA methylation. The recent patent grants are in line with our strategy to protect our products at different levels and are part of multiple biomarker and method patent applications we have filed over the past years to cover novel DNA methylation biomarkers in many cancer indications. The current grants further validate the innovative nature of our Septin9-based colorectal cancer test.'

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SOCHI, RussiaSage Kotsenburg, the surprise slopestyle Olympic champion, brought some casual and informal color to the daily International Olympic Committee press briefing on Monday, confusing some by using the word stoked in his description of his attitude.

Appearing in a navy-blue USA sweater and capping his wavy blond hair with a black beanie hat, Kotsenburg discussed the significance in the inclusion of his event, slopestyle snowboarding, in the Olympic program for the first time, and addressed concerns that the legitimacy of appearing in the Olympics might hurt his counter-culture credibility.

Were all stoked to be in the Olympics. Were all different individual people, Kotsenburg said in response to a reporters question about whether winning an Olympic gold medal made him feel conflicted about his roots with slopestyles antiestablishment fan base.

His answer didnt quite resonate with everyone in attendance at the briefing, which serves as something of a town-hall meeting between Olympic officials and their constituents of international journalists. Translation headsets are available in eight languages, but his choice of language confused at least one reporter, who asked a volunteer as the meeting disbanded, what was that word?

Stoked, the official replied.

Kotsenburg used the word several times during the meeting to describe his overall mood since his victory on Saturday, where he became the first overall gold medalist of the games and the first gold medalist in slopestyle. He also went on to say that life in the village is awesome, and that Jenny Joness bronze in slopestyle, the first snow sport medal for Great Britain, is pretty sick. He speaks with a typical west-coast snowboarder lilt, and said while hes competing hes suuuuper focused on each jump as it happens.

Kotsenburg, who hails from Park City, UT, and said witnessing the American sweep of the mens halfpipe podium at his hometown Olympics in 2002 was a defining moment for him, is quickly becoming an icon of these Sochi games. Throngs of media asked Kotsenburg to pose for photos, which he did before the Sochi 2014 backdrop, giving a double-thumbs up.

But if Kotsenburg were to lose any street cred for winning gold, it should have happened a while ago. Hes been backed by big corporate sponsor Nike for three years.

When asked if he had been congratulated for his gold by Nike CEO Mark Parker of co-founder Phil Knight, Kotsenburg said he hadnt as of yet.

But I havent had my phone on me, so maybe theyve been hitting me up, he said.

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