WaveLight AG / Contract 20.03.2008 Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ad hoc communication according to Para. 15 WpHG (German Law on Securities Trading) WaveLight AG: Domination Agreement concluded with Alcon Inc. Erlangen, 20th March, 2008. The medical technology company, WaveLight AG, listed in the Prime Standard of Deutsche Börse AG (Company address: Am Wolfsmantel 5, 91058 Erlangen; ISIN: DE0005125603) today communicates the making of a Domination Agreement (Para. 291 AktG (German Law on Securities Trading)) with its majority shareholder, Alcon, Inc.. The Domination Agreement signed up today by the WaveLight AG and its majority shareholder, Alcon, Inc., was made with the objective of allowing a smooth, functional integration of both companies, and of making available to the free shareholders of WaveLight AG, the full protection of minority shareholders interests under stock corporation law. In particular, the merger of competencies of both companies will itself focus on the areas of research and development of lasers to the correction of visual disorders, on worldwide sales and marketing, and on purchasing and production. Because, in order to be effective, the Domination Agreement needs the approval of the General Meeting of WaveLight AG and registration in the Commercial Register, an extraordinary general meeting of the company will vote on the Domination Agreement, the convening of which has yet to be announced within the scope of the legal requirements. End of the ad hoc communication DGAP 20.03.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: WaveLight AG Am Wolfsmantel 5 91058 Erlangen Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)9131 - 61 86-0 Fax: +49 (0)9131 - 61 86-111 E-mail: info@wavelight.com Internet: www.wavelight.com ISIN: DE0005125603 WKN: 512560 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: WaveLight AG: Domination Agreement concluded with Alcon Inc.
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