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DGAP-News: KPS AG applies for Prime Standard admission

DGAP-News: KPS AG / Key word(s): Regulatory Admission KPS AG applies for Prime Standard admission

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KPS AG applies for Prime Standard admission

Unterföhring/Munich, 9 December 2016 - KPS AG today applied for admission to the "Prime Standard" market segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The admission shall become effective from 23. December 2016 on.

With the change from the General Standard to the Prime Standard and through compliance with the highest transparency requirements KPS intends to increase the attractiveness of the KPS share (WKN: A1A6V4 / ISIN: DE000A1A6V48), to strengthen the confidence placed in it and to gain a still higher level of attention vis-à-vis private and institutional investors.

With the admission KPS AG will fulfill one of the requirements for being included in one of the selective stock indices of Deutsche Börse AG.

Unterfoehring, 9 December 2016

KPS AG The Executive Board

About KPS Consulting KPS is Europe's leading management consulting firm for business transformation and process implementation in the retail and wholesale industries. The company offers end-to-end strategy and process consulting, with long-standing implementation expertise in ERP, e-commerce and CRM. KPS customers profit from the vast project experience and deep sector knowledge of its consultants, enabling them to drive omnichannel and digital transformation projects in particular to rapid success. With its proprietary Rapid Transformation(R) methodology, KPS has cut project turnaround times by up to 50 percent and set new standards in efficiency and transparency. Founded in 2000, KPS employs about 700 consultants at its corporate headquarters in Munich with five additional locations throughout Germany and branch offices in Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the US. KPS plans to expand its market position in the retail and consumer goods sectors in the coming years through pioneering projects in all aspects of digital transformation. For more information, see www.kps-consulting.com.

Important note: This notification contains forward-looking statements based on the assumptions and estimates of the corporate management of KPS AG. Although management is of the opinion that these assumptions and estimates are accurate, actual future developments and results may differ considerably from these assumptions and estimates due to a variety of factors. These factors may include things such as changes in the overall economic environment, exchange rates and interest rates as well as changes in both the market and the competitive environment. KPS AG provides no guarantee and accepts no liability for future developments and the actual results achieved in the future matching the assumptions and estimates expressed in this interim report.

KPS AG Betastrasse 10H 85774 Unterföhring Telefon: +49 (0) 89 356 31-0 Telefax: +49 (0) 89 356 31-3300 E-Mail: isabel.hoyer@kps-consulting.com

CROSS ALLIANCE communication GmbH Susan Hoffmeister Freihamerstrasse 2 82166 Gräfelfing/München Telefon: +49 (0) 89 898 272-27 E-Mail: sh@crossalliance.de

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Language: English Company: KPS AG Beta-Str. 10 h 85774 Unterföhring Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 356 31-0 Fax: +49 (0)89 356 31-3300 E-mail: isabel.hoyer@kps.com Internet: www.kps.com ISIN: DE000A1A6V48 WKN: A1A6V4 Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (General Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of News DGAP News Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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