Mutares AG / Acquisition/Mergers & Acquisitions 05.07.2010 18:02 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Munich, July 1st, 2010 mutares AG, Munich, acquires all assets and takes over all employees of the French company LeBed SAS from the Recticel Group (Brussels, Belgium). LeBed designs, manufactures and distributes slatted frames for beds in Western Europe. The company occupies 67 employees at its Masevaux plant near Mulhouse, France. With this transaction the Recticel Group intends to strengthen the focus on its core business. The company offers a wide range of proprietary designs that are sold primarily through the major retail and supermarket chains in France. Robin Laik, founder and member of the executive board of mutares, says: 'Given its well trained team and its efficient production processes, LeBed has a great potential. Through further expansion of the sales team we intent to develop LeBed into a market leader in France. We are excited about the successful conclusion of this transaction with the Recticel Group.' mutares AG, Munich (www.mutares.de), acquires midsized companies in whole and in part, which are sold as a result of a repositioning process at their owners and which exhibit a clear operational improvement potential. Getting engaged with their own teams, mutares actively supports their portfolio companies to generate a significant value increase. The focus of the operational work is to ensure sustainable, long-term growth. The stocks of mutares AG are listed at the Open Market segment of the Frankfurt stock exchange (symbol: MUX, ISIN: DE000A0SMSH2). For further information, we gladly receive your request at: mutares AG Susanne Staudt Investor Relations & Corporate Communications Tel: +49 89 9292776-0 Fax: +49 89 9292776-22 info@mutares.de 05.07.2010 18:02 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Media Release distributed by DGAP. Medienarchiv at |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap-medientreff.de"|]www.dgap-medientreff.de|[/a|]]]|] and |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap.de"|]www.dgap.de|[/a|]]]|] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-News: mutares AG acquires LeBed SAS
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