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1 - What is the dividend policy of Hawesko? 2 - What is the capital market saying about Hawesko? 3 - What is Hawesko's business and main strengths? 1 - What is the dividend policy of Hawesko? Hawesko considers the regular payment of a dividend to be important. For fiscal year 2008 a dividend of € 1.20 per share has been paid out (previous year: € 1.00). 2 - What is the capital market saying about Hawesko? M.M. Warburg: "Buy", price target € 22 (4 August 2009); -------- DZ-Bank: "Buy", price target € 21 (4 August 2009); ------------- CBSeydler: "Hold", price target € 19 (30 July 2009); --------------Commerzbank: "Hold", price target € 18 (30 July 2009); ----------- Deutsche Bank: "Hold", price target € 18 (29 July 2009) 3 - What is Hawesko's business and main strengths? Hawesko Holding AG is Germany's leading seller of premium wines and champagne. With three distribution channels - mail-order/e-commerce (main brand: Hanseatisches Wein- und Sekt-Kontor), specialty wine stores (Jacques' Wein-Depot) and wholesale (Wein Wolf and CWD Champagner Wein Distribution) - the Group achieved sales of € 339 million in 2008. The premium wine market is very fragmented in Germany as in the rest of the world: Hawesko has been successful for over 40 years by consolidating this market. This position is becoming very important as consumption trends continue in favor of premium wines at the expense of simpler wines, and globalisation tendencies begin in this sector.