22 December 2008 – OnVista Financial Services GmbH – a wholly owned subsidiary of OnVista AG – and Boursorama S.A. today signed a contract regarding the acquisition of the substantial assets of the German branch office of Boursorama S.A. The branch office in Frankfurt on the Main has been operating under the name of OnVista Bank (formerly Fimatex) since May 2008. On conclusion of the due diligence process and valuation by an independent accounting firm, the two parties agreed on a purchase price for the relevant assets in the amount of EUR 5.93 million. The transaction is subject to the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) granting the buyer a banking licence and becoming a member of the Deposit Guarantee Fund of the Assosciation of German Banks (Bundesverband deutscher Banken e.V.). On the administrative decision of the licence application OnVista Financial Services GmbH will be renamed OnVista Bank GmbH.