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Date: 18.01.2012

New Management Board Team for CEE Stock Exchange Group AG

(Vienna/Prague) The exchange holding company, CEE Stock Exchange Group AG (CEESEG AG), which consists of the exchanges of Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague and Vienna, will be managed as of 1 March 2012 jointly by Michael Buhl and Petr Koblic. Petr Koblic, who is Chairman of the Board of the Prague Stock Exchange, is joining the Management Board of CEESEG AG as a new member and succeeds Heinrich Schaller who is leaving the management boards of the Vienna Stock Exchange and of the CEE Stock Exchange Group. Michael Buhl, Member of the Management Board of Wiener Börse AG, has been on the Board of CEESEG AG since January 2010 when the holding company was founded.

Petr Koblic has been Chairman of the Board of the Prague Stock Exchange since 2004. Additionally, Petr Koblic serves on the Board of Directors of the Budapest Stock Exchange since 2011, as a Chairman of the Central Securities Depository of Czech Republic since it was established and as a Chairman of the Management Board of the Power Exchange Central Europe since 2007. Before joining Prague Stock Exchange he worked in investment banking on various managerial positions in Patria Finance, CAIB Securities Prague and HVB Bank Czech Republic.


For further information, please contact:
Beatrix Exinger, Wiener Börse AG
Phone: +43 (0) 1 53 165 - 153
Fax: +43 (0) 1 53 165 - 140
beatrix.exinger@wienerborse.at


About the CEE Stock Exchange Group

The CEE Stock Exchange Group (CEESEG), which comprises of the stock exchanges of Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague and Vienna, is the largest stock exchange group in the region. CEESEG makes market access and trading on the local markets easier with the aim of improving liquidity. The CEESEG stock exchanges cooperate with 12 other exchanges in Central and Eastern Europe and enjoy international recognition for their unique CEE know-how.