Highlight Communications AG / Key word(s): Alliance 11.12.2014 07:55 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Lucerne-based marketing agency Highlight Event AG have agreed upon the continuation of their successful marketing cooperation until 2022. Highlight Event AG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Highlight Event & Entertainment AG in which Highlight Communications AG holds a stake of 68.7%. For more information: Highlight Communications AG, Martin Wagner, Phone: +41 (0) 61 816 96 96 HIGHLIGHT COMMUNICATIONS AG 4133 Pratteln / Switzerland Phone: +41 (0) 61 816 96 91, E-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News: Press release: Vienna/Lucerne, 11 December 2014 Vienna Philharmonic and Highlight Event continue Partnership through to 2022 The Vienna Philharmonie and its Lucerne-based marketing agency, Highlight Event AG, have agreed to extend their successful marketing co-operation through to the year 2022. Andreas Großbauer, Chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic, commented that he is 'very pleased with Highlight Events aehievements over the past 8 years and that 'the continuous, quality- oriented development of the Vienna Philharmonic brand remains a high priority for the Orchestra.' Ferdinand von Strantz, CEO of Highlight Event, added that 'it is a great privilege to serve this outstanding Orchestra and it continues to be a central objective for us to live-up to its high quality standards.' Vienna Philharmonic The Vienna Philharmonic is organised as a private association and was founded in 1842. It is made up from members of the Viennese State Opera Orchestra. The Vienna Philharmonic plays at around 300 opera evenings at the State Opera and, beyond that, around 90 additional concerts per year. Some of these concerts are subscription or special concerts played in Vienna and others are worldwide concert tours under the direction of some of the most famous conductors of our time. The most well-known concerts are the annual New Year's and Summer Night Concerts, which are transmitted in over 90 - respectively 80 - countries worldwide. Highlight Event AG Highlight Event AG - a subsidiary of Highlight Event & Entertainment AG and part of the Highlight Communications AG group of companies - is a company which specialises in the marketing of international music, culture and entertainment projects. The company was founded in 2012 and emerged from the Music Division of TEAM Marketing AG, which was established in 2003. Highlight Event is responsible for the worldwide exploitation of marketing rights for the European Broadcasting Union (Eurovision Song Contest) and the Vienna Philharmonic. Within the framework of the Vienna Philharmonic project, its activities are focused on the Orchestra's annual media highlights - the New Year's and the Summer Night Concert. For further information: Vienna Philharmonic Highlight Event AG Andreas Großbauer Ferdinand von Strantz Chairman CEO Tel.: +43 1 505 65 25 120 Tel.: +41 41 226 05 95 E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] 11.12.2014 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Highlight Communications AG Netzibodenstrasse 23b 4133 Pratteln Switzerland Phone: +41 61 816 96 96 Fax: +41 61 816 67 67 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.hlcom.ch ISIN: CH0006539198 WKN: 920299 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------