Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association Introduction of DRSdigital AG (Data Room Services) Dear Sir/Madam

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1 DRSdigital AG Baarerstrasse Zug, Switzerland DRSdigital AG Baarerstrasse Zug Switzerland Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association Introduction of DRSdigital AG (Data Room Services) Phone: +41 (0) Fax: +41 (0) Dear Sir/Madam DRSdigital AG (Data Room Services) is a transaction services provider specializing in highly secure, fast and reliable virtual data rooms. Our core competence is the setting up and administration of both virtual and physical data rooms that can be used for a variety of purposes since they can be customized to each customer s specific needs. DRSdigital was the first to market with an integrated Q&A Management tool and continues to innovate both with technology and services with their secure platform. DRSdigital AG facilitates complex transactions in the areas of M&A, Private Equity, Non- Performing Loans, Restructuring, Arbitration, Litigation and Initial Public Offerings although they are likely best known as the market leader for Large Cap Real Estate transactions. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, DRSdigital is expanding its global market presence. They conduct business through subsidiaries in Germany, the Benelux, Italy, the UK, and the US and have partners in France, Spain and Portugal. Still growing, DRSdigital is already well-situated to facilitate large-scale local and multi-jurisdictional transactions. Having facilitated transactions valued at up to 6 billion Euros, DRSdigital is capable of handling any transaction and provides the most comprehensive support in the industry. Their professional expertise, top-tier reputation and innovative processes have laid the groundwork for their growing position in this market space. Clients such as Metro, Ernst & Young, Cushman & Wakefield, Jones Lang LaSalle, Commerzbank and Evonik have used the expertise and innovation of DRSdigital to close their transactions successfully. You will find more detailed Kind Regards, Gabriel GABRIEL Sales Manager Jan Hoffmeister Managing Director

2 Why DRSdigital? Some Features Facts Security Aspects "Thank you so very much for your wonderful support. A heartfelt thanks, too, to your entire team. Working with you gave me great pleasure." Ralf Dirksen, EWE AG

3 What is the DRSq+a tool? Facts Involved parties in the DRSq+a tool Bidder 3a Bidder 1 Specialist (sell side) Management 3b 2 Specialist Management (sell side) 1) Automatic allocation of questions. 2) Specialist responses. 3a) Review by your managers, who will either release the specialist response or 3b) redirect the question to the specialist for revisions. Configurable DRSq+a tool Bidder Management Management Clearing 5 Clearing 4 Clearing 3 Clearing 2 Clearing 1 Specialist "It was our top priority to have a structured and transparent process. This goal was ideally supported by DRS' flexible suite of tools. The step-by-step disclosure process was customized to our very needs." Bernd Brinker, Senior Vice President & Head of Investor Relations, Evonik Industries

4 Bidder View Specialist View Management Statistics

5 DRSDocMaster Administration Tool What is the DRSDocMaster? The DRSDocMaster is our main administration tool and is therefore the basis for setup and administration of your DRSdigital data room. As a deal manager, you are able to administer your DRSdigital data room yourself. Our experienced project manager will help you at any time. Improvements to the DocMaster - Now you can copy and move entire sections using the drag & drop function. - Index items are numbered automatically. sections of the data room. when updating the data room; the Project Management simply has to check over the data room update and approve it. Deal Manager View: Index Administration You can manage your documents here. Deal Manager View: Rights Management Overview of all permissions for one bidder group. Document Management: Whether you want to insert new index points or documents or remove or delete existing ones, with the DRS- DocMaster you are able to manage your documents. Your changes will be made with only a few mouse clicks. User Management: During the entire process, you will be able to invite new bidder groups or single users. Locking bidder groups or single users is, of course, just as easy. Locked users do not have any access to the DRSdigital data room or to the DRSq+a tool. "DRS has done a great job executing a large real estate transaction and helped to speed up the process by several weeks. We look forward to working with them again." Rights Management: Here you can administer access rights on a group level. You have the option to set document permissions as viewable, printable, or savable. Andrea Miglio, Fund Manager, BNL fondi Immobiliari

6 References Case studies Colgate Palmolive / Blue EWE / Multiples Evonik Industries / Rom Colgate-Palmolive sells Gard, a hair treatment brand, to Doetsch- Grether. The parties remain silent about the purchase price. Transaction advisor was the Commerzbank. The transaction is supported by DRS s virtual data room and Q&A management platform. EWE sells 26% to EnBW for almost 2 billion Euros. The transaction is supported by DRS s virtual and physical data room and customized Q&A management platform. Evonik Industries sells 25.1% to CVC for 2.4 billion Euros. Evonik s advisors are Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank. CVC wins the bidding contest against Bain Capital, Blackstone and KKR. The transaction is supported by DRS s virtual data room and customized Q&A management platform. DEGI / Spring Quantum / Quattro DIFA / Nautilus Sale of the Spring portfolio to Whitehall Funds companies for 2.5 billion Euros. DRS supports DEGI with data scanning and provides the virtual data room and Q&A management platform. Quantum sells Quattro real estate portfolio to Morgan Stanley Real Estate for 750 million Euros. Provider of the virtual data room and Q&A management platform: DRS. DIFA sells "Nautilus" real estate portfolio for 860 million Euros to Tishman Speyer and IVG. virtual data room and Q&A management platform provided by DRS. Hypo Vereinsbank / Urbis HANSAINVEST / Helena Union Investment / Pegasus Frankfurter Welle The HypoVereinsbank sells an 86-property real estate portfolio to Värde Partners, Inc. DRS supports the sale by providing a virtual data room and Q&A management platform. DRS supports HANSAINVEST in the sale of a mixed German portfolio in the top five investment markets. Sale of "Frankfurter Welle" and Pegasus Portfolios to Morgan Stanley and IVG for 2.56 billion Euros. Virtual data room and Q&A management platform are provided by DRS.

7 3i Aareal Bank Allianz ARAG Atisreal Babcock & Brown Banca IMI Bankhaus Ellwanger & Geiger BASF BayernLB Bayerische Bau und Immobilien Beiersdorf CB Richard Ellis Colgate Palmolive Commerzbank Cushman & Wakefield DaimlerChrysler DEGI Degussa Deka Immobilien Deloitte DeTeImmobilien Deutsche Bank Dresdner Bank Dresdner Kleinwort ECE Ericsson Ernst & Young Evonik EWE Feri Wealth Management Fortress Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer GE Real Estate Hauck & Aufhäuser Hypo Real Estate Bank HypoVereinsbank IP Auctions IVG Immobilien Jones Lang LaSalle Lazard Loyalty Partner Main Taunus Immobilien MEAG Metro MM Warburg Morgan Stanley Philipp Holzmann PricewaterhouseCoopers Quantum Reynolds and Reynolds Rothschild RWE Sal. Oppenheim Schroders SEB Shell Siemens Syngenta The Carlyle Group The Royal Bank of Scotland THP Tishman Speyer UBS Union Investment Willkie Farr & Gallagher Xellex