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(1) General<br />

COURTESY TRANSLATION FROM THE GERMAN LANGUAGE<br />

FOR INTERPRETATION, THE GERMAN TEXT SHALL PREVAIL<br />

KABELNETZ NRW HoldCo <strong>GmbH</strong>, Cologne<br />

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED<br />

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2004<br />

KABELNETZ NRW HoldCo <strong>GmbH</strong> ( “HoldCo”) is located in Cologne and registered in the commercial register in<br />

Cologne.<br />

As of the balance sheet date, KABELNETZ NRW Limited, Jersey, held all shares (EUR 25,100) in the Company.<br />

A year-on-year comparison of the consolidated financial statement as of December 31, 2004 with prior year is limited<br />

because the following companies, including the operating companies, were only acquired in an auction on January 31, 2003:<br />

• ish Verwaltungs-<strong>GmbH</strong>, Cologne<br />

• ish <strong>GmbH</strong> & Co. KG, Cologne (“ish KG”)<br />

• ish KS NRW Beteiligungs <strong>GmbH</strong>, Cologne<br />

• ish KS NRW <strong>GmbH</strong> & Co. KG, Cologne (“ish KS”)<br />

• Kabel-Service Gesellschaft des Handwerks mbH, Paderborn<br />

Only the non-operating subsidiaries KABELNETZ NRW Verwaltungs <strong>GmbH</strong>, Cologne, and KABELNETZ NRW<br />

<strong>GmbH</strong> & Co. KG, Cologne, were included in the consolidated group as of January 1, 2003. Accordingly, only 11 months of<br />

operating activities are included in the prior year financial statements.<br />

KABELNETZ NRW HoldCo <strong>GmbH</strong> prepared consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2004 in<br />

accordance with the provisions of the HGB (“Handelsgesetzbuch”: German Commercial Code). The accounting and<br />

valuation principles applied by the companies included in the consolidation comply with German commercial and tax law.<br />

The consolidated income statement was prepared according to the cost summary method in accordance with Sec. 275<br />

(2) HGB.<br />

In order to improve the clarity of the presentation, the following balance sheet items have been added to the<br />

consolidated balance sheet expanding the legal classification format:<br />

• Leasehold improvements and co-utilization rights for cable ducts<br />

• Broadband cable network<br />

• Capital lease liability<br />

(2) Disclosures on the Consolidated Group and Consolidation Principles<br />

Consolidated Group<br />

HoldCo was the parent company during the fiscal year.<br />

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