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EANS-News: asknet AG / Seagate Chooses asknet to Deliver Rescue | Restore Solution

Worldwide leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions signs
asknet to manage eCommerce portal and digital rights.

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Subtitle: Worldwide leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions
signs asknet to manage eCommerce portal and digital rights.

Karlsruhe, San Francisco (euro adhoc) - May 17, 2011 - asknet, a
leading provider of global eCommerce solutions that increase sales
and expand markets for software and digital media companies, is
partnering with Seagate to develop a secure, integrated, and scalable
global eCommerce service for Seagate distribution channel customers.
asknet will manage eCommerce activities and digital rights for
Seagate® Rescue | Restore™ software, the Seagate system recovery
solution that makes it simpler and more cost-effective for small
businesses, VARs, system builders and IT managers to service hard
drives corrupted by viruses and other intrusions.

"Seagate customers wanted a powerful, fast and simple solution for
hard drive recovery and restoration, so we needed the expertise and
flexible platform to deliver Rescue | Restore™ software," said David
Looney, Executive Director of Market Development at Seagate. "asknet
answered the challenge with its platform technology, localization
capabilities and the ability to deploy Rescue | Restore™ software
globally on our demanding timeline."

Rescue | Restore software can restore a corrupted hard drive to
factory fresh settings in as little as 10 minutes. The Seagate
software helps reduce field support costs, increase customer
satisfaction and deliver incremental revenue streams for Seagate
customers.

Seagate´s new Rescue | Restore online portal offers customers a set
of five licenses at no charge for evaluation purposes. Additional
licenses are priced by bundle size, ranging from 10 to 10,000
licenses for larger companies. asknet is responsible for Rescue |
Restore license management and the activation gateway to support
digital rights management, online purchases, regionally optimized
payment methods and currencies, order confirmations and order
management. Seagate expects to offer additional products targeted at
the reseller market through the asknet online portal in the near
future.

"We are very excited to be working with Seagate, the no. 1
manufacturer of hard drives and storage solutions," said Mark Begin,
President of asknet Inc. "We are honored to be chosen as the solution
able to meet the demanding requirements of this strategic program. It
highlights one of asknet´s core strengths of providing a flexible,
open framework and business model to meet the unique needs of global
eCommerce, where others offer only static one-size-fits-all
approaches."

asknet provides international consumers with an easy, satisfying
online shopping experience, leading to higher conversions, sales and
retention rates, and lower abandonment issues. Within a short
timeframe, the scalable eCommerce platform can manage from one
domestic eShop to over 170 secure and cost-effective localized
eShops. asknet´s global eCommerce platform enables businesses to
access markets with 31 shop languages, 40 billing currencies and 12
customer service languages. asknet offers more than 35 payment
options including WebMoney, and Alipay.

The asknet eCommerce Platform enables users to manage all eCommerce
activities, including pricing, promotions and cross-selling. The
comprehensive reporting section includes KPI dashboard, scheduled and
on-the-fly reports, alerts, web analytics and export functions. The
proprietary Vendor Interaction Process (VIP) quickly and easily
provides solutions tailored to meet each user´s needs and the
extensive sales and eMarketing capabilities enable flawless execution
across the full range of eCommerce services, from order management to
worldwide customer service.

For more information on how asknet can accelerate your online digital
media downloads internationally, please visit www.asknet.com.

About Seagate: Seagate is the worldwide leader in hard disk devices
and storage solutions. Learn more at http://www.seagate.com.

About asknet: asknet is a leading provider of global eCommerce
solutions that increase sales and expand markets for software and
digital media companies. asknet solutions enable publishers to expand
their international reach while maintaining localized services to
customers in the US, Europe, Asia and new emerging markets. The
asknet Digital Index (ADI), Vendor Interaction Process (VIP), and
Shop Cockpit provide quick and easy solutions tailored to meet each
customer´s needs and enable flawless execution across the full range
of eCommerce services, from order management and local payment
options to multi-lingual customer service. Founded in 1995, asknet
today offers localized eShops in over 170 countries. The company is
based in Germany and has headquarters in San Francisco and Tokyo. For
more information about asknet, visit www.asknet.com.

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company: asknet AG
Vincenz-Priessnitz-Str. 3
D-76131 Karlsruhe
phone: +49 (0)721 96 458 6369
FAX: +49 (0)721-96 45899
mail: info@asknet.de
WWW: http://www.asknet.de
sector: Electronic Commerce
ISIN: DE0005173306
indexes:
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München, Open Market /
Entry Standard: Frankfurt
language: English

ots Originaltext: asknet AG
Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.presseportal.de

Further inquiry note:

Martina Oerther

Director Corporate Marketing

Tel.: +49 (0)721 96 458-6369

Email: martina.oerther@asknet.com

Branche: Electronic Commerce
ISIN: DE0005173306
WKN: 517330
Börsen: Berlin / free trade
Stuttgart / free trade
Düsseldorf / free trade
München / free trade
Frankfurt / Open Market / Entry Standard

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EANS-Adhoc: OMV Aktiengesellschaft / Adhoc announcement on core shareholders´ intended participation in the OMV capital increase

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OMV / Oil / Gas / Austria

17.05.2011

IPIC has informed OMV that it will exercise its subscriptions rights
in the OMV capital increase. ÖIAG has already announced in a separate
news release to substantially take part in the raise of equity and to
keep its stake at a level above 30%. ÖIAG and IPIC are the two core
shareholders of OMV with current stakes of 31.5% and 20.0%
respectively.

Disclaimer:

The information contained in this announcement serves information
purposes in Austria and does not constitute an offer to sell nor a
solicitation to buy or subscribe for any securities of OMV
Aktiengesellschaft. Investors should not subscribe for or purchase
any rights or securities referred to in this announcement except on
the basis of information contained in the prospectus to be published
by OMV Aktiengesellschaft in due course in connection with the rights
issue. A public offer of securities of OMV Aktiengesellschaft may
only be made in Austria after publication of a prospectus prepared in
accordance with the provisions of the Austrian Capital Markets Act
(Kapitalmarktgesetz). Any securities orders received prior to the
commencement of a public offer will be rejected. If a public offer of
securities of OMV Aktiengesellschaft is made in Austria, a prospectus
prepared in accordance with the Austrian Capital Markets Act will be
published in accordance with the Austrian Capital Market Act; it will
be available at the company´s website under www.omv.com and at OMV
Aktiengesellschaft, Trabrennstraße 6-8, A-1020 Vienna, Austria free
of charge. Any offer of securities of OMV Aktiengesellschaft in
Austria will be made solely by means and on the basis of the
published prospectus.

This information is not for release, publication or distribution in
or into the United States of America and may not be distributed to
U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")) or publications with
a general circulation in the United States, except to persons
reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers, as defined
in Rule 144A under the Securities Act. This information does not
constitute an offer of securities for sale, a solicitation of an
offer to purchase or to subscribe for securities of OMV
Aktiengesellschaft in the United States. The securities will not be
registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered, sold or
delivered within the United States or for the account or benefit of
U.S. persons absent from registration under or an applicable
exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. securities
laws. There will be no public offer of securities of OMV
Aktiengesellschaft in the United States.

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issuer: OMV Aktiengesellschaft
Trabrennstraße 6-8
A-1020 Wien
phone: +43 1 40440/21600
FAX: +43 1 40440/621600
mail: investor.relations@omv.com
WWW: http://www.omv.com
sector: Oil & Gas - Downstream activities
ISIN: AT0000743059
indexes: ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English

ots Originaltext: OMV Aktiengesellschaft
Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.presseportal.de

Further inquiry note:

OMV

Investor Relations:

Angelika Altendorfer-Zwerenz

Tel. +43 1 40 440-21600

e-mail: investor.relations@omv.com



Media Relations:

Michaela Huber

Tel. +43 1 40 440-21661

e-mail: media.relations@omv.com



Internet Homepage: http://www.omv.com

Branche: Oil & Gas - Downstream activities
ISIN: AT0000743059
WKN: 874341
Index: ATX Prime, ATX
Börsen: Wien / official market

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EANS-Adhoc: Vienna Insurance Group is staying on course in the 1st quarter of 2011:

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3M 2011

17.05.2011

- Group premiums went up by 2.9 percent to more than EUR 2.6 billion

- Increase in profit (before taxes) by 7.0 percent to
EUR 142.8 million

- Strong growth in life insurance outside Austria

I. OVERVIEW OF KEY GROUP DATA FOR THE 1ST QUARTER OF 2011 (in
accordance with IFRS)

In the first quarter of 2011 Vienna Insurance Group earned a total of
EUR 2.6 billion of premiums written (consolidated), corresponding to
a plus of 2.9 percent compared to the same period of the previous
year.

The Group profit (before taxes, consolidated) amounted to EUR 142.8
million in the first quarter of 2011. This is a significant increase
by 7.0 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.

The Group reported a combined ratio after reinsurance (excluding
income from investments) of 97.8 percent in the first quarter of 2011
- after 98.4 percent in 2010.

The investments of the Group amounted to EUR 28.2 billion as at 31
March 2011, while the financial result totalled EUR 253.2 million.

II. OUTLOOK

The management of Vienna Insurance Group confirms its forecast of
January and expects an increase in profit (before taxes) of about ten
percent and a low percentage growth of premiums. Moreover, the Group
has set itself the target of decreasing the combined ratio to about
97 percent. The prerequisite is, however, that the economic and legal
framework will not deteriorate significantly and that damage caused
by natural disasters will not develop dramatically.

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issuer: Vienna Insurance Group
Schottenring 30
A-1011 Wien
phone: +43(0)50 350-21919
FAX: +43(0)50 350 99-23303
mail: investor.relations@vig.com
WWW: www.vig.com
sector: Insurance
ISIN: AT0000908504
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: stock market: Prague Stock Exchange, official market: Wien
language: English

ots Originaltext: Vienna Insurance Group
Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.presseportal.de

Further inquiry note:

VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP AG

Wiener Versicherung Gruppe

1010 Wien, Schottenring 30



Alexander Jedlicka

Public Relations, Spokesperson

Tel.: +43 (0)50 350-21029

Fax: +43 (0)50 350 99-21029

E-Mail: alexander.jedlicka@vig.com



Thomas Schmee

Head of Investor Relations

Tel.: +43 (0)50 350-21900

Fax: +43 (0)50 350 99-21900

E-Mail: thomas.schmee@vig.com

Branche: Insurance
ISIN: AT0000908504
WKN: A0ET17
Index: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX
Börsen: Prague Stock Exchange / stock market
Wien / official market

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ADROIT APPLIES FOR ANTIMONY DRILLING PERMIT, APPOINTS INDEPENDENT RESOURCE CALCULATION CONSULTANT and FIELD WORK UPDATE

ADROIT APPLIES FOR ANTIMONY DRILLING PERMIT, APPOINTS INDEPENDENT RESOURCE CALCULATION CONSULTANT and FIELD WORK UPDATE

Vancouver, Canada, May 16th, 2011. Adroit Resources Inc. (TSXV: ADT & FSE: A7V) Management is pleased to announce that Adroit has applied to the Italian authorities to increase its exploration work permit to allow for a 20 hole, approximately 4,000 meter, diamond drilling programme, on its wholly owned I Salaioli property, in the Scansano area, Grosseto Province, Italy.

The 366 Ha permit contains a reported 35,000t @ 2.0% Sb historic Antimony resource. (See the Companys March 27th, 2007 news release.) This historical resource estimate is non-conformable with National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Deposits. The historical reports have not yet been independently verified by the Company and the Company is not relying upon them. The objective of this drilling programme is to confirm and, possibly, extend the historical resource, and to provide the first step for a later NI 43-101 compliant resource calculation. Adroit expects to receive the authorization to drill in the Autumn of this year.

Appointment. Management is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Neil Gow to carry out NI 43-101 resource calculations on its antimony permits in Italy and Mr Gow is scheduled to make his first visit to the Companys Italian permits next month. Mr. Gow, P.Geo., is an independent consulting geologist based in Toronto, ON. He has wide international experience in mining and mineral exploration and has completed numerous Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve estimates. He was a member of a committee of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum that prepared the best practice document for the estimation of Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves.

Field Work Update. Since March 1, 2011, the Company has been working on the Poggio Pietricci and Faggio Scritto permits. The work is assessing an antimony-in-soil anomaly reported in the historical data in the southern part of the Poggio Pietricci permit, verifying the surface extension of another antimony anomaly across the limits of Faggio Scritto and Poggio Pietricci permits and the relationship between the old Macchia Casella antimony Mine and the Faggio Scritto Sb anomaly. The work to date has provided 500 soil and rock samples that will be soon analyzed.

In addition geological, structural and alteration mapping, together with rock and soil sampling surveys, have been initiated over the most prospective part of the I Salaioili permit, designed to verify the potential of this area.

Exploration carried out prior to the mine closures, established the presence of considerable historic antimony resources in the district and, more particularly, within the Companys permits. Work carried out in the 1980s on the Faggio Scritto prospect, astride the Poggio Pietricci and Faggio Scritto tenements, indicated the presence of over 2.8Mt of ore grading 0.77% Antimony (Sb), yielding over 21,000t of antimony metal, including a higher-grade zone of about 465,000t grading 1.58% Sb. The mineralization, which was never mined, occurs near surface, and remains open in several directions (See News Releases of June 13, 2007 and February 4, 2008). It occurs in close proximity to the former Macchia Casella mine which reportedly produced over 1,100 tons of Sb metal from high-grade ore (>10%) between 1939 and 1953. Historical workings carried out on the Companys other antimony prospects estimated resources of 25,000t grading 1.3% Sb at Poggio Monticchio and 35,000 tonnes at 2.0% antimony on the I Salaioli permit in close proximity to the Zolfiore mine. These deposits remain open in several directions.

The above cited resource estimates are historical and as such are non-conformable with National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Deposits. These historical reports have not yet been independently verified by the Company and the Company is not relying upon them.

The antimony mineralisation occurs in close spatial and genetic relation with the gold mineralization, recognized in the area (see, amongst others, News Release of 22 December 2006). Both occur preferentially in Mesozoic carbonate-evaporitic formations, are associated with regional structural features, and are related to recent igneous activity. The idealized prototype of a southern Tuscan antimony deposit can be described as an irregular mineralization situated in the upper part of a highly porous limestone unit, usually the Calcare Cavernoso (vuggy limestone), overlain by an impermeable unit, normally a flysch-type rock. The deposits are bound to the edge of horst positions and also to areas of elevated geothermal gradient and resulting hydrothermal activity.

Antimony has many diversified and indispensable uses for both commercial and military applications. Antimony prices recently soared as global demand surged and output declined considerably, as Hunan province, Chinas largest producing region, curbs output to comply with central government restrictions. China reportedly contributes around 90 percent of world output.

Mr. Franceschi, a Qualified Person under the guidelines of National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the geological information contained in this news release.

Adroit Resources Inc. is a mineral exploration company that is currently exploring for Antimony and other metals in Central Italy and diamonds, precious and base metals in the Timmins/Shining Tree/Temagami/Cobalt and Bancroft areas of Ontario, Canada. In addition, Adroit is seeking new precious and base metal projects to add to its expanding portfolio. The Companys issued and outstanding share capital is 105,065,192.

On behalf of the Board of Directors
Graeme Rowland
Chairman and President

Adroit Resources Inc. 510 1190 Melville Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6E 3W1
(604) 688-3304
info@adroitresources.ca
web site: www.adroitresources.ca
Blackwell (Corporate Advisor)
(416) 364-3123
blackwell@tcn.net

Note: The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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EANS-Adhoc: YOUNIQ AG: Placement price set at EUR 7.50 per share

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16.05.2011

Frankfurt am Main, May 16, 2011 - The placement price for the shares
placed in the course of the pre-placement of the capital increase of
YOUNIQ AG and the subscription price for the shares in the course
of the subscription offer has been set at EUR 7.50. This price was
determined by the company and the major shareholders - Goethe
Investments S.à r.l., Luxembourg, and Rabano Properties S.à r.l.,
Luxembourg - together with Sole Global Coordinator und Sole
Bookrunner Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG. The major shareholders
are indirect subsidiaries of the fund CORESTATE German Residential
Limited, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, which is managed by private
equity investor CORESTATE CAPITAL AG, Zug, Switzerland.

The placing volume amounts to EUR 25,125,000 based on 3,350,000
new ordinary bearer shares. The new shares were offered as part of
a bookbuilding process addressed exclusively to institutional
investors in Germany and selected other European countries
according to Regulation S of the Securities Act. The
allocation of the shares that were subscribed as part of this
pre-placement is subject to the condition that a requisite
number of new shares will be available to the extent of
Free Float shareholders exercising their subscription rights
following the conclusion of the subscription offer.

Following the pre-placement that has been implemented, the new
shares are to be offered for subscription to shareholders by way
of indirect subscription rights on the basis of a 1:2 subscription
ratio in the period between May 19, 2011 inclusive and June 3, 2011
inclusive. This means that one new share can be subscribed for
against two of the company's ordinary bearer shares currently
held. Subscription rights trading will not be organised.

YOUNIQ AG will receive gross issue proceeds of around EUR 25.1
million before deduction of expenses for the capital measure. These
proceeds will particularly serve the financing of the potential
pipeline of up to 3,500 student apartments across Germany. Issuer:
YOUNIQ AG Neue Mainzer Strasse 28 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
ISIN: DE000A0B7EZ7 WKN (German Securities Identification Number):
A0B7EZ Stock exchanges: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (General
Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Munich,
Düsseldorf, Stuttgart

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Disclaimer This publication does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for any securities. No
offer of securities of YOUNIQ AG, Frankfurt am Main is being or
will be, made to the public outside Germany. The offer in Germany
is being made exclusively on the basis of the securities
prospectus which has been published and filed with the
Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht. Any decision to
invest in the securities of YOUNIQ AG, Frankfurt am Main offered
should solely be based on the securities prospectus. Copies of the
securities prospectus are available free of charge at the offices of
YOUNIQ AG, Frankfurt am Main and at the offices of the
underwriting banks.

This publication and the information contained therein is not for
distribution or publication, neither directly nor indirectly, in or
into the United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan.

This publication does not constitute an offer for sale of any
securities into the United States. Securities, including any shares
of YOUNIQ AG, Frankfurt am Main in the course of the offer, may not
be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the
account or benefit of, US persons (as such term is defined in
the Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the
"Securities Act")) unless they are registered under the
Securities Act or exempt from registration. There will be no
registration or public offer of any securities of YOUNIQ AG,
Frankfurt am Main in the United States.

Contact:

Investor Relations
cometis AG
Ulrich Wiehle
Tel.: +49 (0)611 - 205855-11
Fax: +49 (0)611 - 205855-66
E-Mail: wiehle@cometis.de

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issuer: YOUNIQ AG
Neue Mainzer Strasse 28
D-60311 Frankfurt am Main
phone: +49(0)69 35101480
FAX: +49(0)69 351014890
mail: ir@youniq.de
WWW: http://www.youniq-group.de
sector: Real Estate
ISIN: DE000A0B7EZ7
indexes:
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, regulated dealing/general
standard: Frankfurt
language: English

ots Originaltext: YOUNIQ AG
Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.presseportal.de

Further inquiry note:

Knut Martin

Tel.: +49 (0) 341 30860212

E-Mail: knut.martin@youniq.de

Branche: Real Estate
ISIN: DE000A0B7EZ7
WKN: A0B7EZ
Börsen: Berlin / free trade
Stuttgart / free trade
Düsseldorf / free trade
Frankfurt / regulated dealing/general standard

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