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Next step of the primacom integration

Berlin, 14 October 2015. The Tele Columbus Group, the third largest German cable network operator, today presented its new organisational structure post the acquisition of primacom in July 2015 and in preparation of the planned closing of the pepcom transaction which is expected by the end of the year. Including Ronny Verhelst and Frank Posnanski who will continue in their roles as CEO and CFO for the combined group, the new management will consist of seven members in total.

Stefan Beberweil (41), who has been with Tele Columbus since February 2014 as Chief Commercial Officer, will be appointed Chief Marketing Officer. He will be responsible for market intelligence of the group, for product development, marketing and content. In addition, he will be heading the migration project which allows the Tele Columbus Group to cross- and up-sell new services like fixed line Internet & Telephony to an enhanced B2C customer base.

Diana-Camilla Matz (46), who has been working for Tele Columbus since 2010 as Director
Customer Management, will be promoted Chief Customer Sales Officer. In this position, she will be responsible for the B2C business including Sales, Customer Services and Customer Retention allowing Tele Columbus to intensify the relationship with its B2C customers.

Jean-Pascal Roux (40) as Senior Director Housing Associations will be in charge of the Housing Industry business of the combined group. He headed the Housing Associations business for primacom since March 2014 and worked in similar functions for Tele Columbus in the years 2007 through 2012.

Ludwig Modra (51) will be appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO) heading - amongst Engineering, Network Development and Network Operations – the group’s IT services. He acted as CTO for primacom since May 2014. Ludwig has 25 years of experience in the cable and TMT sector and worked for Unitymedia, Vodafone Kabel Deutschland, KabelBW and COLT Telecom.

Jens Mueller (43) will become the group’s Chief Integration Officer (CIO) and will be responsible for the integration of the three entities Tele Columbus, primacom and – after closing – pepcom and the delivery of the synergies. Previously, Jens worked as CFO for primacom since 2014 and held different financial positions with Unitymedia which included the position as Co-CFO.

Reinhard Sauer, CTO of Tele Columbus who has been working for the group for 25 years, and Joachim Grendel, CEO of primacom, decided to leave the group on their own request on 31 October 2015 and 15 November 2015 respectively.

About Tele Columbus

The SDAX listed Tele Columbus Group is one of Germany‘s largest cable network operators. Via its origins - individual regional cable network operators that were merged into Tele Columbus - the company dates back to 1972. About 2.8 million connected households in Germany use Tele Columbus' TV signals and, increasingly, digital broadcast packages, Internet and voice connections provided via high-performance broadband cable. As a national provider with a regional focus and a partner of the housing industry, the Group is present throughout its core markets Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia as well as in numerous key regions in western Germany. In tune with current demand trends, the company is upgrading its networks in a hybrid fibre-optic infrastructure for superfast Internet connections of up to several hundred megabits per second with the state-of-the-art Internet transmission standard DOCSIS 3.0. The broadband cable caters to the entire range of innovative media applications from analogous, digital and high-definition TV to high-speed Internet and voice connections to telemetry services, tenant portals and interactive services. Beyond merely transmitting signals, Tele Columbus uses its own product platform in order to actively increase the programme offering and to develop additional services.

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