DGAP-Ad-hoc: DATAGROUP SE / Key word(s): Takeover DATAGROUP SE: DATAGROUP signs purchase contract for HanseCom Gesellschaft für Informationstechnologie mbH 03-Apr-2017 / 13:53 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATAGROUP signs purchase contract for HanseCom Gesellschaft für Informationstechnologie mbH Pliezhausen, April 03, 2017. Today, the management of DATAGROUP SE (WKN A0JC8S) has signed the purchase contract for HanseCom Gesellschaft für Informationstechnologie mbH, Hamburg, with the approval of the supervisory board. HanseCom is an IT service provider focused on Cloud and SAP services as well as application management and therefore is an ideal fit for DATAGROUP's full-service portfolio CORBOX. HanseCom has some 70 employees and generates annual revenue of c. EUR 16m. The majority of revenue is generated with long-term service agreements. This guarantees a great deal of stability and predictability of the business. With this acquisition, DATAGROUP is further expanding the share of recurring income in revenue. The Cloud and outsourcing service provider pays an amount in the lower single-digit millions to the sellers. The company invites all interested investors, analysts and journalists to a conference call with DATAGROUP CEO Max H.-H. Schaber on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at 11.00 am CET. The dial-in number is +49 30 232 53 14 69. Contact: DATAGROUP SE Dr. Michael Klein Investor Relations Wilhelm-Schickard-Str. 7 D-72124 Pliezhausen T +49-7127-970-059 F +49-7127-970-033 [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03-Apr-2017 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: DATAGROUP SE Wilhelm-Schickard-Str. 7 72124 Pliezhausen Germany Phone: +49 (0)7127 970 000 Fax: +49 (0)7127 970 033 Internet: www.datagroup.de ISIN: DE000A0JC8S7 WKN: A0JC8S Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Open Market (Scale) in Frankfurt End of Announcement DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 561099 03-Apr-2017 CET/CEST