A.S. Creation Tapeten AG

Legal Proceedings Report • Jul 11, 2013

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Ad-hoc | 11 July 2013 15:30

A.S. Création Tapeten AG: Administrative offence proceeding formally opened by French Competition

A.S. Création Tapeten AG / Key word(s): Legal Matter

11.07.2013 15:30

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Following on from the search conducted in November 2010, the French
Competition Authority ('Autorité de la concurrence') has now sent
statements of objections ('notification de griefs') to SCE - Société de
conception et d'édition SAS and MCF Investissement SAS, two French
companies which are members of the A.S. Création Group, to officially
inform them that administrative offence proceedings have been opened
against them. In the consolidated financial statements for the years from
2010 to 2102, A.S. Création Tapeten AG had already reported on the ongoing
investigations conducted by the French Competition Authority against French
wallpaper dealers.

In its statements of objections, the French Competition Authority has now
raised accusations of an information exchange in the period from 2006 to
2010 which it considers to constitute a violation of anti-trust law. No
accusations of price fixing have been raised. A.S. Création Tapeten AG will
now examine the accusations in detail together with the two French Group
companies and decide on the next steps.

Gummersbach, July 11, 2013

A.S. Création Tapeten AG

The Managing Board

Contact:
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

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Language: English
Company: A.S. Création Tapeten AG
Südstraße 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: DE0005079909
WKN: 507990
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart

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