ARQUES Industries AG / Disposal 06.03.2009 Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARQUES sells provider for gas stations, Rohé * Exit after first restructuring phase * Announcement of preliminary figures for fiscal year 2008 planned for March 12 Starnberg, March 06, 2009 - ARQUES Industries AG (ISIN DE0005156004), Starnberg (Germany), has sold its subsidiary Rohé, Vienna (Austria). The buyer is the private equity company ValueNet Capital Partners, Munich, who will continue the restructuring of Rohé with the current management. ARQUES acquired the Rohé group in October 2007. Both sides are bound to secrecy concerning further details of the transaction. Securing the financing and the jobs will be essentially for further restructuring measures at Rohé. Through this exit ARQUES will have to account for extraordinary depreciation in the low single-digit range in its annual figures for financial year 2008. The internationally-active Rohé Group (Turnover 2008: approximately EUR 110 mill.) specializes in services for gas stations. Within the restructuring of Rohé, ARQUES amongst others optimized the internal processes of the regional companies, installed a Group-wide IT system and forced the expansion into the regional growing markets in Eastern Europe. ARQUES announces, to publish preliminary figures for fiscal year 2008 on March 12. About ARQUES ARQUES Industries AG, Starnberg (www.arques.de), is a partner for major corporations in corporate spin-offs and a turnaround specialist concentrating on the acquisition and active restructuring of companies in crisis situations in order to turn them into competitive and profitable companies with a dedicated team and their own efforts. ARQUES revitalizes its subsidiaries' potential for adding value for the benefit of all of their stakeholders under consideration of the associated social responsibility. The shares of ARQUES Industries AG are traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's Regulated Market (Prime Standard) under the symbol 'AQU' (ISIN: DE0005156004) and have been listed in the SDAX. ARQUES Industries AG Corporate Communication Christian Schneider Email: schneider@arques.de Tel.: +49 (0) 8151/ 651 0 DGAP 06.03.2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: ARQUES Industries AG Münchner Str. 15a 82319 Starnberg Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)8151 651-0 Fax: +49 (0)8151 651- 500 E-mail: schneider@arques.de Internet: www.arques.de ISIN: DE0005156004 WKN: 515600 Indices: SDAX Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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