10.10.2005 – 08:28

AvW Invest AG

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AvW Invest AG confirms increase of annual result by 75%

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10.10.2005

AvW Invest AG announces that the highly satisfactory third quarter in
the financial services and investment business sectors enables the
company to confirm the overall result for 2005. The annual earnings
will be increased by 75% (2004: EUR 0.68) to EUR 1.20 per share.
Within the next five years, AvW Invest AG aims at increasing the
earnings per share to more than three euros per share. In addition,
the company will continue to expand its equity investments on a
worldwide basis.  As far as real estate business is concerned, AvW
will acquire a real estate property in the 4th quarter. The
transaction is about to be finalised. Once the acquisition is
completed, AvW will have a total of eight real estate properties in
its possession.

About AvW Invest AG: AvW Invest AG is a company of the AvW Group
(www.avw.at). AvW’s ordinary shares are listed on the Vienna Stock
Exchange on the ATX Prime Market (ISIN number: AT0000930409, Reuters:
AVWI.VI). The Austrian company, which is domiciled in Krumpendorf at
Lake Wörthersee, specialises in the fields of financial services,
equity investments and real estate.

end of announcement                               euro adhoc 10.10.2005 07:55:15

Further inquiry note:

AvW Invest AG
Ernst Wilde
Tel.: 04229/3621-24
mailto:e.wilde@avw.at

Branche: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: AT0000930409
WKN: 892661
Index: Prime.market
Börsen: Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse / free trade
Baden-Württembergische Wertpapierbörse / free trade
Wiener Börse AG / official dealing