hborn/Hamburg, 20 May 2003. Deutsche EuroShop AG, Eschborn, has strengthened its corporate communications division by appointing Patrick Kiss (31) as its Investor and Public Relations Manager as of 1 May 2003. Working from Hamburg, Patrick Kiss will be responsible for all the Company’s future IR/PR activities and will report directly to the Executive Board.

“My main job is to raise the Company’s profile and to convince the financial community of the attractiveness of an investment in Deutsche EuroShop AG shares,” said Patrick Kiss. “Our nomination to the SDAX and a current tax-free dividend yield of 6% for German residents should prove helpful in this.”

The Diplom-Kaufmann and CEFA investment analyst/DVFA from Frankfurt am Main came to Deutsche EuroShop AG from SGL Carbon AG, Wiesbaden, where he had been senior investor relations manager since 2002. Prior to this, he was head of corporate communications at Gontard & MetallBank AG, Frankfurt am Main. In addition to working for Deutsche EuroShop AG, Mr. Kiss is also a member of the board of Deutscher Investor Relations Kreis e.V. (DIRK – the German Investor Relations Associatio