DGAP-News: Lloyd Fonds AG: Achim Plate and Henning Soltau new members of the Supervisory Board

- Share purchase agreement duly executed

- Achim Plate and Henning Soltau confirmed as new members of the Supervisory Board

- Growth to be driven by open-end liquid investments

Lloyd Fonds AG wishes to announce that the changes to its shareholder structure announced on March 9 have been duly implemented and that the standard conditions precedent have been fully discharged.

This means that Deutsche Effecten- und Wechsel-Beteiligungsgesellschaft AG (DEWB), Jena, now holds around 25.6 percent of Lloyd Fonds AG's capital. A further 24.3 percent of its shares are held by various investment funds managed by the portfolio manager SPSW Capital GmbH, Hamburg.

In connection with the transaction, all the members of the Supervisory Board with the exception of the chairman, Dr. Stefan Rindfleisch, have resigned as expected. As proposed, the responsible court has appointed Achim Plate and Henning Soltau, the shareholders of SPSW Capital GmbH and members of DEWB's Supervisory Board, to LFAG's Supervisory Board.

"We are fully committed to further growth at Lloyd Fonds. With our skills and experience in capital market and in asset management, we will be closely overseeing the Company's repositioning," says Achim Plate. "Lloyd Fonds is a brand with an excellent standing in the investment market. We will be supporting the management with all our skills and setting the right impetus for successful business performance," adds Henning Soltau.

Klaus M. Pinter, who as Lloyd Fonds AG's CEO supported the new shareholder's entry into the Company, had this to say: "I am pleased that all the necessary foundations have now been laid for a successful partnership with our new anchor shareholder. Together, we will be harnessing growth potential and driving Lloyd Fonds' reorientation towards open-end liquid investments such as equity funds."

Achim Plate holds a degree in mechanical engineering and started his business career in the real estate sector. He established his own mid-size group of companies, transferring the largest single entity to D+S Europe AG (Hamburg) in 2002. He assumed the position of CEO of this company in 2003. After leaving the management board of D+S Europe in autumn 2009, he became managing shareholder of Hamburg-based investment company SPSW Capital GmbH. He is also chairman of the supervisory board of DEWB and of mVISE AG in Düsseldorf.

Henning Soltau holds a degree in business management and is a qualified tax consultant. He worked for an international accounting and consulting company for a number of years before taking on the position of commercial director of a mid-size IT company. Between 2000 and 2009, he was CFO at D+S Europe AG, overseeing that company's stock market flotation among other things. After leaving the management board of D+S Europe in autumn 2009, he also became a managing shareholder of Hamburg-based investment company SPSW Capital GmbH and a member of the supervisory board of DEWB and mViSE AG.