Press Release: Hawesko Holding AG: Hawesko Holding acquires majority interest in the innovative online marketplace WirWinzer

Hawesko Holding AG / Hawesko Holding AG: Hawesko Holding acquires 
majority interest in the innovative online marketplace WirWinzer . 
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   Hamburg, 23 September 2016. The wine trading group Hawesko Holding AG 
(HAW, HAWG.DE, DE0006042708) will acquire just under 66% of Munich-based 
E-Commerce Werke GmbH, operator of the online marketplace 
   WirWinzer 
 
   (www.wirwinzer.de) effective 1 October 2016. 
   WirWinzer 
 
   is one of the most innovative and fastest-growing online marketplaces 
for German wines. 
   WirWinzer 
 
   has sales in the single-digit million euro range and offers its 
customers access to a product range of more than 10,000 wines from 
Germany and, as a genuine marketplace, direct contact to the wineries as 
well. The customers thus benefit from all advantages of a modern online 
platform and still get their wines delivered directly from the 
winegrowers themselves. The purchase agreement stipulates that the 
founding partners and managing directors will retain minority interests 
in 
   WirWinzer 
 
   and continue to support the company with their knowledge and expertise 
in the future as well. Sebastian Zellner, managing partner of 
   WirWinzer 
 
   , said, "We are very pleased about the entry of the Hawesko Group and 
the fantastic opportunities that now open up for us with the dynamic 
ongoing development of our innovative business model." Thorsten 
Hermelink, CEO of Hawesko Holding AG, said, "With the acquisition of a 
young, fast-growing company like 
   WirWinzer 
 
   with its contemporary and seminal business model, we want not only to 
open up new fields of business; we very deliberately want to support and 
promote German wine and the exciting and innovative concepts of young 
German winemakers. For many customers, buying regionally-produced 
products is becoming more important not only for reasons of 
sustainability, but also because their awareness of the high quality of 
locally-produced goods is growing. German wines are fully aligned with 
this trend. This approach makes 
   WirWinzer 
 
   a perfect fit for the Hawesko Group." # # # Additional information as 
well as the online selection of WirWinzer is available at 
www.wirwinzer.de. Published by: Hawesko Holding AG Elbkaihaus 22767 
Hamburg Investor Relations and Press Contact: Thomas Hutchinson, Hawesko 
Holding AG Phone: [phone] Fax [phone] 
E-mail: [e-mail] 
 
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   Source: Hawesko Holding AG via Globenewswire 
 
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   Hawesko Holding AG 
 
   Große Elbstraße 145 d Hamburg Germany 
 
   WKN: 604270;ISIN: DE0006042708;Index:CLASSIC All Share,CDAX,SDAX,Prime 
All Share,GEX; 
 
   Listed: Freiverkehr in Börse Stuttgart, 
 
   Freiverkehr in Börse Berlin, 
 
   Freiverkehr in Börse Düsseldorf, 
 
   Freiverkehr in Bayerische Börse München, 
 
   Freiverkehr in Niedersächsische Börse zu Hannover, 
 
   Prime Standard in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, 
 
   Regulierter Markt in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, 
 
   Regulierter Markt in Hanseatische Wertpapierbörse zu Hamburg; 
 
 
 
 

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