Hamburg, 12 February 2003. According to yesterday's announcement from the Deutsche Börse about the new composition of Germany's share-price indices, the wine trading group Hawesko Holding AG (HAWG.DE, HAW GR, DE0006042708) will continue to be listed in the SDAX small-cap index.

The reduction of the MDAX mid-cap index (from 70 down to 50 companies) changed the category for many companies, so that the Deutsche Börse reclassified them into the SDAX. Also, the inclusion of foreign companies into the indices (with the exception of the DAX) caused some companies from the earlier SDAX to be removed from the index. Hawesko Holding AG could maintain its position and will be included in the new SDAX after the Deutsche Börse's change in the indices.

 

Hawesko Holding AG is Germany's leading seller of premium wines and champagnes. Through its three distribution channels - mail order/e-commerce (particularly Hanseatisches Wein- und Sekt-Kontor), stationary specialist retail (Jacques' Wein-Depot) and wholesale (Wein Wolf and CWD Champagner- und Wein-Distributionsgesellschaft) -- the Group achieved sales of Euro 267 million in fiscal year 2002. The Group employs 500 people. Shares of Hawesko Holding AG are traded in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the Hanseatic Stock Exchange in Hamburg.

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