Ad hoc: The Dutch Enterprise Chamber sustained Bloomberg's request in thesqueeze-out proceedings against of all remaining minorityshareholders of Brainpower.

Monday, February 12, 2007 -  Brainpower N.V., Claude Debussylaan  44,
1082    Amsterdam,  The  Netherlands   (BPW;  WKN  553169,  ISIN   NL
0000238228,  Frankfurter  Wertpapierbörse,  Geregelter  Markt,  Prime
Standard), has been  informed by its  majority shareholder  Bloomberg
L.P.,  New   York,   USA,   that   the   Dutch   Enterprise   Chamber
(Ondernemingskamer van  het gerechtshof  te Amsterdam)  on  Thursday,
February 8, 2007 rendered the verdict in the squeeze-out  proceedings
against all remaining minority shareholder. The Enterprise Chamber
-               ordered the  minority  shareholders to  transfer  the
unencumbered rights  to the  shares  in the  capital of  the  company
limited  by  shares  Brainpower  N.V.,  domiciled  in  Amsterdam,  to
Bloomberg;
-          fixed  the price of the shares  to be transferred per  the
date of the verdict for EUR 1.88 per  share (i.e. equal to the  price
per share  offered  by  Bloomberg  in the  public  tender  offer  for
Brainpower shares which expired on May 19, 2006);
-         determined that the price will be raised with the statutory
interest per the date of the verdict  until the transfer date or  the
date of consignment; and
-             ordered  Bloomberg to  pay the  fixed price,  with  the
statutory interest, to the minority shareholders against delivery  of
the unencumbered rights to the shares.
 
Contact:
 
Marc Winzap
Chief Financial Officer
Brainpower N.V.
Tel: +41 91 985 7070
Email: info@brainpower.ch