A.S. Création Tapeten AG / Key word(s): Legal Matter 04.06.2015 16:18 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In December 2014 the French antitrust authority ("Autorité de la concurrence") issued a penalty notice against the French companies Société de conception et d'édition SAS ("SCE") and MCF Investissement SAS ("MCF"), two members of the A.S. Création Group. The penalties issued against SCE and MCF Investissement SAS amount to a total of EUR 5.0 million. An appeal has meanwhile been filed against the penalty notice. An appeal against a penalty notice does, however, not have a suspensive effect under French law, meaning that the penalties will have to be paid by June 15, 2015. The French antitrust authorities allege that the companies have engaged in an information exchange which violated antitrust law in the years from 2006 and 2010. A.S. Création acquired majority shareholdings in the two companies only in December 2008. Consequently the former owners of SCE and MCF share in the liability for the penalty. Today an agreement was signed with the former owners under which they will contribute EUR 2.1 million towards the penalty and the legal costs and fees. This amount will shortly be transferred to A.S. Création (France) SAS, the parent company of SCE and MCF, and will be independent from the eventual outcome of the pending appeal against the penalty notice. Gummersbach, June 4, 2015 A.S. Création Tapeten AG The Managing Board Inquiries: Maik Krämer, Director of Finance and Controlling Südstr. 47 D-51645 Gummersbach Phone: +49-2261-542 387 Fax: +49-2261-542 304 E-mail: m.kraemer@as-creation.de 04.06.2015 The DGAP 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: A.S. Création Tapeten AG SüdstraÃe 47 51645 Gummersbach Germany Phone: +49 22 61 54 2-0 Fax: +49 22 61 54 2-3 04 E-mail: investor@as-creation.de Internet: http://www.as-creation.de ISIN: DE000A1TNNN5 WKN: A1TNNN Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: A.S. Création Tapeten AG: Agreement reached with former owners of SCE and MCF on their financial contribution towards the penalty incurred under the French antitrust proceedings
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