Manz Automation AG / Capital Increase 01.07.2008 Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'NOT FOR PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA.' - Gross issue proceeds of around EUR 112.0 million to enhance further growth - Transition to Frankfurt Stock Exchange's regulated market (Prime Standard) Reutlingen, July 1, 2008 Manz Automation AG has successfully completed its capital increase with subscription rights resolved on June 10, 2008. Gross issue proceeds of around EUR 112.0 million will accrue to Manz Automation AG. These proceeds are to be used for further growth. The subscription price for the 896,011 new shares was set at EUR 125.00 per share. The capital increase has already been registered with the commercial register, and Manz Automation AG's share capital has increased accordingly from EUR 3,584,043.00 to EUR 4,480,054.00. More than 99% of the new shares were subscribed during the subscription period from June 13, 2008 to June 27, 2008. The new shares which were not subscribed were sold by the Joint Lead Managers COMMERZBANK Aktiengesellschaft and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited via the stock exchange. Dieter Manz, Manz Automation AG's founder and CEO, continues to be the largest single shareholder and will hold a 42.9% interest in Manz Automation AG. The capital increase will secure the funds required to finance the Manz Group's further growth. The Manz Group is planning capital expenditures, for example in research and development as well as specific acquisitions in order to further increase its value added in the solar sector. Dieter Manz explains: 'We will invest the additional equity to expand our operating business as planned, thus consistently using the opportunities for growth especially in the photovoltaic sector.' Through the admission of the new and old shares to stock market trading approved on June 30, 2008 and todays listing of these shares Manz Automation AG has transitioned from Frankfurt Stock Exchange's open market (Entry Standard) to the regulated market (Prime Standard). The new and old shares are listed under ISIN DE000A0JQ5U3. Company Profile Manz Automation AG (ISIN: DE000A0JQ5U3) with its statutory seat in Reutlingen, together with its subsidiaries, is by market share one of the worlds leading technological providers of systems and components in the areas of automation, quality assurance and laser process technology for the photovoltaic industry and in the areas of automation and wet chemistry for the LCD industry. The Manz Group's core competences are in robotics, image processing, laser technology, wet chemistry as well as control and drive technology. The Manz Group's key strategic divisions are photovoltaic (systems.solar), LCD (systems.lcd) and components and OEM systems (systems.aico) for automation in various industrial sectors and the life science industry. The Manz Group has sales and/or service branches in Germany, Taiwan, USA, China, South Korea, Spain, Hungary and Slovakia as well as a service alliance in India. In addition, the Manz Group has its own production facilities in Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Taiwan and China. The Manz Group recorded revenues of EUR 71.2 million in fiscal year 2007 with an EBIT margin of 14.1%. More than 57% of revenues were generated abroad, in particular in Asia. The Manz Group recorded revenues of EUR 38.6 million with an EBIT margin of 14.5% in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008. This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to make an offer to buy securities. No public offer or sale of transferable securities of Manz Automation AG is being, or will be, made to the public outside Germany. The public offer in Germany was made exclusively by means of and on the basis of a prospectus. The prospectus is available on the web site of Manz Automation AG under www.manz-automation.com and in printed form free of charge at Manz Automation AG, Steigäckerstraße 5, 72768 Reutlingen, (fax no. +49 7121 / 9000-99) and the joint lead managers COMMERZBANK Aktiengesellschaft, Kaiserstraße 16 (Kaiserplatz), 60311 Frankfurt am Main (fax no. +49 69 / 136-29299) and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, c/o Niederlassung Frankfurt am Main, Junghofstraße 16, 60311 Frankfurt am Main (fax no. +49 69 / 7538-9431). This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to make an offer to buy securities in the United States. The shares and the subscription rights with regard to shares in Manz Automation AG may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of 'U.S. Persons' (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act')) absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The shares and the subscription rights with regard to shares in Manz Automation AG have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act. Any public offering of shares or subscription rights to be made in the United States will only be made by means of a prospectus which would be available at Manz Automation AG and which would contain detailed information about Manz Automation AG and its management as well as its financial statements. This publication is for distribution only to persons who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments or (ii) are persons falling within article 49(2) (a) to (d) ('High Net Worth Companies', Unincorporated Associations, etc.) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 or to whom it may otherwise be lawfully passed on (all such persons together being referred to as 'Relevant Persons'). This publication is directed only at Relevant Persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this publication relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons.' Investor relations contact Manz Automation AG Birte-Christina Benecke Phone: +49 (0)7121 9000-21 Fax: +49 (0)7121 9000-99 E-Mail: bbenecke@manz-automation.com cometis AG Ulrich Wiehle Phone: +49 (0)611 205855-11 Fax: +49 (0)611 205855-66 E-Mail: wiehle@cometis.de DGAP 01.07.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Manz Automation AG Steigäckerstraße 5 72768 Reutlingen Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)7121 9000 915 Fax: +49 (0)7121 9000 99 E-mail: mhipp@manz-automation.com Internet: www.manz-automation.com ISIN: DE000A0JQ5U3 WKN: A0JQ5U Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Düsseldorf End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-News: Manz Automation AG: Successful capital increase
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