3U HOLDING AG: weclapp wins the B2B-Award "Enterprise-Resource-Planning" and ranks among European Growth Champions

Marburg (pta009/03.03.2021/07:00 UTC+1) weclapp is awarded with the B2B-Award "Enterprise-Resource-Planning" and receives recognition as European Growth Champion
* Customers award weclapp's cloud-based ERP platform for the best price/performance offer in the industry
* weclapp is one of the fastest growing companies in Europe

Marburg, 3 March 2021 - weclapp SE, a subsidiary of 3U HOLDING AG (ISIN DE0005167902), has been awarded the German B2B Award 2020/21 in the sector 'Enterprise Resource Planning'. The first place goes to weclapp in the category 'price/performance ratio'. In the study of the DtGV (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verbraucherstudien mbH), decision-makers from middle and top management were asked about their experiences with providers of ERP systems in the categories 'customer satisfaction', 'customer service' and 'price/performance ratio'. Only providers that had received at least 100 ratings were included in the final evaluation. Also in the two remaining categories weclapp was voted among the top 3 of 20 ERP solutions. In all three categories weclapp was able to prevail against leading industry giants. Across industries, weclapp ranks 38th in the field of 1,370 evaluated companies thanks to its top rating in the ERP industry. The "German B2B Award 2020/21" is published at www.dtgv.de/awards/b2b2020/.

weclapp is one of "Europe's Fastest Growing Companies"
Not only because of the high customer satisfaction, weclapp is one of the fastest growing companies in Europe. The Financial Times published the list of "Europe's Fastest Growing Companies" on 2 March 2021 at www.ft.com. weclapp is ranked 464th. "The clear focus here is on innovative companies that can demonstrate organic and sustainable growth", according to the Financial Times and the German partner Statista in the laudation. weclapp SE qualified for the European ranking through its 13th place in the IT and software sector and 65th place across all sectors among 500 German growth champions awarded by FOCUS and Statista in October 2020.

"Dialogue with customers is the daily driver of product development for us. As a cloud-based system, weclapp continuously provides customers with new and constantly expanded functionalities at the push of a button. This is reflected in high demand and consequently also in company growth. We have a clear goal: to become the leading cloud ERP platform provider for small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe and worldwide. The entire team continues to drive our growth strategy every day," explains Ertan Özdil, founder and CEO of weclapp SE.

Michael Schmidt, the CEO of 3U HOLDING AG, adds: "In 2020, weclapp has also met expectations and continued the rapid organic growth of recent years. As is well known, we are working together to increase this pace again - also through possible acquisitions of competitors or customer bases. And we are examining all financing options up to and including a possible IPO of weclapp."

Further information:
Dr Joachim Fleïng
Investor Relations
3U HOLDING AG
Tel.: +49 (0) 6421 999-1200
Fax: +49 (0) 6421 999-1222
E-mail: IR@3U.net

About 3U:
3U HOLDING AG (www.3U.net) 3U HOLDING AG (www.3U.net) has its headquarters in Marburg, Germany, and was founded in 1997. It is the operating management and investment holding company at the head of the 3U Group. It acquires, operates and sells companies in the three segments of ITC (Information and Telecommunications Technology), Renewable Energies and SHAC (Sanitary, Heating and Air Conditioning Technology). The 3U Group has successful and profitable business models based on megatrends in all three segments. It continues to expand its business activities dynamically, particularly in its strongest growth areas of cloud computing and online trading, in which it is striving to achieve leading positions in the market.
3U HOLDING AG's shares are traded on XETRA, Tradegate and on the German regional stock exchanges (ISIN: DE0005167902; identifier: UUU).

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Contact Person:	Dr. Joachim Fleing
Phone:	+49 6421 999-1200
E-Mail:	IR@3U.net
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