Montabaur, April 25, 2005. , Montabaur, has acquired the investments of United Internet AG, Montabaur, in affilinet GmbH (shareholding: 100 percent) and Sedo GmbH (shareholding: 51.07 percent). In fiscal year 2004, the two companies generated sales of EUR 26.7 million and an EBT of EUR 4.3 million. United Internet is to provide finance for the purchase price of around EUR 30 million at standard market conditions. AdLINK (United Internet shareholding: 82.44 percent) will thus become Europe’s leading provider of online marketing services. Marc Stilke, currently responsible for the Online Marketing segment of United Internet, is to be appointed as a further member of the Executive Board of .

"The sale means that our entire activities in the Online Marketing segment are now managed by ,” says Ralph Dommermuth, CEO of United Internet AG. "affilinet and Sedo will gain access to AdLINK’s pan-European sales organization and advertising client base, making their own international expansion even more effective.” In the coming years, online advertising is expected to account for a significantly higher proportion of total advertising spending. "With the creation of Europe’s largest independent online marketing service provider, we are also underlining our commitment to this market.”

"The acquisition represents an important strategic step for AdLINK: with over 2.5 billion page impressions monthly, affilinet has the highest reach of all online sales channels based on affiliate programs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Some 600 affiliate programs and over 200,000 websites are currently to be found at www.affilinet.de. Sedo is the European market leader in domain marketing and the international market leader in the secondary domain market with some 1.8 million internet domains. Both companies operate in segments of the online marketing business offering above-average growth and represent a logical addition to our existing activities,” explains Guy Challen, CFO of .

"The addition of Affilinet and Sedo further strengthens AdLINK's product proposition, providing seamless digital communication solutions for all of our combined customers. The international expansion of Affilinet and Sedo will create new and exciting opportunities for the AdLINK group confirming our collective leadership position," adds Stéphane Cordier, CEO of .

The growing importance of the online marketing sector is also reflected by personnel changes announced by United Internet AG and : Marc Stilke, currently General Manager with responsibility for the Online Marketing segment of United Internet AG.