Joyou AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous 21.12.2011 12:40 Dissemination 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frankfurt am Main, 21 December 2011. Joyou AG intends to set up a new production plant for showerheads. The investment will help Joyou to develop its business in the mid to high-end plastic resin products market. The total investment amounts to approx EUR 44 million (RMB 400 million) and an additional EUR 8 million (RMB 70 million) for working capital. The project will be financed partly though the IPO proceeds and debt. The plant will be built up to achieve a preliminary capacity of 7 million units per year will be located at Shuitou Huayuan Galvanization Industrial Park, Shuitou Town, Nan'an City in the Fujian Province. Major products of the new plant will be plastic showerheads, brackets, toilet seats, and other accessories and will mainly be sold in the domestic market under the Joyou brand name. The facility will be using the newest plastic resin technology. This facility and the technology will replace currently out-sourced products and lead to greater sales margins, design flexibility, quality control and enhance the company's position as a supplier of complete bathroom solutions. In the context of the existing cooperation, Grohe intends to transfer some of its know-how in plastic resin production to Joyou and support the company in setting up the new facility. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News: Additional information: ISIN: DE000A0WMLD8 Securities Identification No. (WKN): A0WMLD Ticker Symbol: JY8 Listing: Regulated Market / Prime Standard at Frankfurt Stock Exchange Legal seat of the company: Hamburg, Germany Disclaimer concerning prognoses This communication contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts instead they reflect Joyou's current views and expectations and the assumptions underlying them about future events. Forward-looking statements are subject to many risks and uncertainties. If any of such risks and uncertainties materialize or if the assumptions underlying any of Joyou's forward-looking statements are proving to be incorrect, Joyou's actual results may be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Joyou does not intend or assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made. For further information, please contact: Joyou AG Westhafentower, Westhafenplatz 1 60327 Frankfurt am Main Ian M Oades, tel.: +49 69 710 456 346 or +86 595-8618 8883, ir@joyou.net Kirchhoff Consult AG Jens Hecht, tel.: +49 40 60 91 86 0, jens.hecht@kirchhoff.de or visit the company website at: http://www.joyou.com 21.12.2011 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Joyou AG Westhafentower, Westhafenplatz 1 60327 Frankfurt am Main Germany Phone: Fax: E-mail: ir@joyou.net Internet: www.joyou.de ISIN: DE000A0WMLD8 WKN: A0WMLD Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: Joyou AG to set up new showerheads production plant
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