SHS VIVEON AG equips Kreditschutzverband von 1870 (KSV) with customer risk solutions

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Martinsried, March 7, 2007 – SHS VIVEON AG has acquired KSV as new
customer. The order includes developing several debt collection scoring
tables in order to optimize the debt collection process in a
customer-oriented manner.

CEO Dirk Roesing is very pleased with the new order from the company’s
strategic alliance partner: 'KSV is a top-name reference customer and will
allow us to further expand our position on the Austrian market. We started
our sales activities in Austria last year, and these will bear additional
fruit in the near future.'

KSV is one of the most important service providers for receivables and debt
collection management in Austria. In order to constantly improve KSV’s
collection services for its customers and make optimum use of its existing
resources, SHS VIVEON AG will develop several scoring tables for optimized
customer risk analysis. This will allow the company to once again prove its
best-of-breed expertise for customer risk management.

The aim is to evaluate the receivables KSV takes over from its clients in
an analytical forecasting and point valuation process to allow a further
increase in the target and performance-oriented processing of debt
collections. KSV can thus offer its customers a further increase in quality
for rapid, efficient processing of receivables defaults for private and
commercial customers.

'We wanted to further optimize our debt collection management workflows in
order to be able to constantly improve our services for our customers as
Austria’s leading creditor protection organization,' explains KSV's
managing director Johannes Nejedlik. 'SHS VIVEON’s tried-and-trusted
solutions and proven expertise mean that it is the only company that can
provide us with end-to-end support in this regard.'


Martinsried-based SHS VIVEON AG is listed on the Prime Standard segment of
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and operates subsidiaries in Spain and
Switzerland. The IT services provider focuses on offering end-to-end
customer management and credit risk management solutions to companies with
a broad customer base In 2005, the company recorded revenues of EUR 41
million. Its customers include BMW Financial Services, Crédit Agricole, DAB
Bank, Danone, E-Plus, Ingram Micro, Karstadt, O2, Orange, SüdLeasing,
Telefónica, Toyota Kreditbank, T-Mobile, T-Online and further international
groups in the automotive, telecommunications and financial services
sectors. Further information please see: www.SHS-VIVEON.com.

KSV in brief:
KSV is Austria’s leading creditor protection agency and aims to protect
businesses from financial damage, thus bolstering their liquidity.
International economic information, collection services and representation
in the event of bankruptcy proceedings mean that KSV’s customers have a
decisive advantage in terms of the knowledge needed for professional risk
management. 70% of economic information is already called up online.
Collection and bankruptcy services can also be used online at www.ksv.at.
The KSV Group was created via international subsidiaries and strategic
equity participations and it stands for technical expertise and global
connections. It is headed by a President and Managing Board, and Johannes
Nejedlik and Karl Jagsch are responsible for managing the company’s
operations.
Today, 720 employees support 20,000 members at 28 locations in Austria and
abroad. Sales in Austria totaled EUR 42 million in 2006.


SHS VIVEON AG
Katrin Kober
Fon: +49 – 89 – 747257-34
e-mail: katrin.kober@SHS-VIVEON.com 

cometis AG
Ulrich Wiehle
Fon: +49 – 611 – 205855-11
e-mail: wiehle@cometis.de



DGAP 07.03.2007 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       SHS VIVEON AG
              Fraunhoferstraße 12
              82152 Martinsried bei München Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)89 747-257-0
Fax:          +49 (0)89 747-257-10
E-mail:       investor.relations@shs-viveon.com
www:          www.shs-viveon.com
ISIN:         DE0005072409
WKN:          507240
Indices:      
Listed:       Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin-Bremen, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf
 
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