30.03.2016
artnet AG DE000A1K0375
DGAP-Adhoc: artnet AG: French Court of Cassation decides in pre-trial ruling that the appeal filed by artnet did not meet the conditions for admissibility and cannot be reviewed until such conditions are met
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30.03.2016 21:36
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Ad hoc Announcement pursuant to Sec. 15 of the German Securities Trading
Act
French Court of Cassation decides in pre-trial ruling that the appeal filed
by artnet did not meet the conditions for admissibility and cannot be
reviewed until such conditions are met
(Berlin, March 30, 2016) In the lawsuit of the photographer Stéphane
Briolant vs. artnet AG, artnet France Sarl, and Artnet Worldwide Corp.
concerning his claim of a violation of copyright, the French Court of
Cassation has ruled in favor of Mr. Briolant on a procedural aspect.
On the previous level of jurisdiction, the Paris Court of Appeal had
ordered artnet AG, artnet France Sarl, and Artnet Worldwide Corp. to pay
764,412 EUR to Mr. Briolant, and held that artnet AG, artnet France Sarl,
and Artnet Worldwide Corp. are jointly and severally liable (cf. ad hoc
announcement dated March 13, 2015). The appeal filed against this judgment
by artnet AG, artnet France Sarl, and Artnet Worldwide Corp. intended to
obtain from the Court of Cassation, to cancel this ruling and to have the
whole case reviewed on the merits by a different Court of Appeals. However,
Mr. Briolant filed a motion claiming that this appeal cannot be processed
by the Court of Cassation for failure to meet certain prerequisites with
respect to the enforcement of the ruling from the Court of Appeals. This
motion was argued by the parties before the Court in a hearing which led to
a pre-trial ruling in favor of Mr. Briolant's motion.
Consequently, the pre-trial ruling is not based on any consideration of the
arguments that artnet AG, artnet France Sarl, and Artnet Worldwide Corp.
formed to challenge the grounds of the ruling from the Court of Appeals.
The Court of Cassation could re-register the case if all or part of the
above mentioned compensations are paid within a two-year period.
The Company will intensely evaluate its legal options as well as the
appropriate financial classification for this matter. Additionally, it will
evaluate whether the publication of the annual financial statements and of
the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year 2015, have to be
postponed beyond March 31, 2016. Provisions in an amount of 800,000 EUR
have already been recognized in 2015 as a result of the ruling from the
Court of Appeals.
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Language: English
Company: artnet AG
Oranienstraße 164
10969 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)30 20 91 78 -0
Fax: +49 (0)30 20 91 78 -29
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.artnet.de
ISIN: DE000A1K0375
WKN: A1K037
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart
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