GFKL FINANCIAL : Sale of GFKL's Systems division concluded

- GFKL will focus on its profitable core business segments:
Receivables Management and Software
- Sale of ADA - Das SystemHaus GmbH within the framework of a
management buy-out

Essen, December 18, 2008: GFKL Financial Services AG has accomplished
the previously announced sale of its Systems division. The spokesman
for ADA - Das SystemHaus GmbH's management, Karl Peter Büscher, is to
acquire ownership of the business on 30th December 2008. No details
of the purchase price were disclosed.

GFKL Financial Services AG Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Peter Jänsch,
cited the following reasons for the sale: "At the time, we justified
the acquisition of ADA in that we wanted to be in a position to
provide big companies with one-stop solutions in the area of IT
hardware. For GFKL, large contracts in the areas of leasing, service
and Recovery Value Guarantee Shares can, however, no longer be
refinanced adequately in the current capital market situation."
Within the framework of its strategic new market position, GFKL is
planning the sale of its Systems Parts, as well as a step-by-step
separation of its Credit business segment, and in future will focus
on its more profitable segments such as Receivables Management
(Collection, Factoring) and Software.

Dr. Peter Jänsch: "We have made headway once again with the
restructuring process. At the same time, with the rapid completion of
this process we can now devote all our attention to the envisaged
expansion of our profitable core business segments of Receivables
Management and Software." GFKL is expecting very favourable operating
profit in these core business segments for 2008.

ADA Managing Director Karl Peter Büscher: "Even though the urgent and
essential introduction of a new ERP System put considerable strain on
ADA in 2008, it was indispensable as an investment for the future.
With the conclusion of several important large contracts with new
clients in Managed Services, our core business, we have already set
the stage for a double-digit growth in sales in 2009 and have already
improved our position in the market."

About GFKL Financial Services AG
GFKL is a modern financial service provider with the divisions
Receivables Management and Software. In the Receivables Management
division GFKL offers collection and factoring services. The
Collection expertise ranges from the trust management of commercial
and credit receivables through to evaluating, taking over and
handling personal loans and mortgages. Servicing receivables worth
over 20 billion euro, GFKL is one of Germany's leading collection
service providers. In the area of technology, GFKL offers modern
software solutions for the entire bank lending process and all links
of the insurance value chain, rounded out with solutions for
automated collection procedures for industry and the public sector.

Press contact:
Katrin Schwarz
Head of Group Communication
and Investor Relations
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]-462
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Internet: www.gfkl.com


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