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M&A Activity • Jul 10, 2012

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Takeover Bids | 10 July 2012 10:55

Takeover Offer;

Target company: CinemaxX Aktiengesellschaft; Bidder: Vue Beteiligungs AG

Dissemination of an announcement according to the German Securities

Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG), transmitted by DGAP – a company of

EquityStory AG.

The bidder is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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THIS DOCUMENT IS A NON-BINDING CONVENIENCE TRANSLATION OF THE PUBLICATION

MADE IN THE BUNDESANZEIGER (FEDERAL GAZETTE) ON JULY 10, 2012. THE GERMAN

PUBLICATION SHALL BE THE ONLY BINDING DOCUMENT. THE BIDDER DOES NOT ASSUME

RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD THIS NON-BINDING TRANSLATION DEVIATE FROM THE CONTENT

OF THE GERMAN PUBLICATION.

Publication of the Intention to launch a Voluntary Public Tender Offer in

accordance with Sec. 10 Para. 1, Sec. 29 Para. 1, Sec. 34 of the German

Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act

(Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz – ‘WpÜG’)

Bidder:

Vue Beteiligungs AG

a German stock corporation with its statutory domicile in Berlin,

registered with the commercial register of the Local Court Charlottenburg

under the registration number HRB 140842 B, and with its business address

at An der Welle 3, 60322 Frankfurt am Main.

Target Company:

CinemaxX Aktiengesellschaft

registered with the commercial register of the Local Court Hamburg under

the registration number HRB 67787, and with its business address at

Valentiskamp 18-20, 20354 Hamburg.

ISIN DE0005085708 / WKN 508570

Stock exchanges:

Regulated Market (Regulierter Markt) in Frankfurt am Main (General

Standard) and Hamburg; unofficial dealings (Freiverkehr) in Stuttgart,

Berlin and Duesseldorf.

Information of the Bidder:

On July 10, 2012, the Bidder decided to make an offer to the shareholders

of CinemaxX Aktiengesellschaft, Hamburg, to acquire their bearer shares

with no par value of CinemaxX Aktiengesellschaft (ISIN DE0005085708 / WKN

508570) for EUR 6.45 per share, in connection with a voluntary public

tender offer pursuant to Sec. 29 et seqq. of the German Securities

Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG) which will contain further terms and

conditions of the tender offer. The voluntary public tender offer will,

inter alia, be made subject to the clearance by the merger control

authorities.

Shares of CinemaxX Aktiengesellschaft are admitted for trading on the

Regulated Market (Regulierter Markt) in Frankfurt am Main (General

Standard) and Hamburg and are admitted for trading on unofficial dealings

(Freiverkehr) in Stuttgart, Berlin and Duesseldorf.

Currently, the Bidder does not hold any shares or voting rights in CinemaxX

Aktiengesellschaft neither are persons acting in concert with the Bidder

(as defined in Sec. 2 Para. 5 of the WpÜG) holding shares or voting rights

in CinemaxX Aktiengesellschaft.

The offer document as well as other information of the Bidder in connection

with the tender offer will be published on www.vue-offer.com and

www.vue-angebot.com.

Berlin / Frankfurt am Main, this July 10, 2012

Vue Beteiligungs AG

Important legal information

This publication does not constitute an offer to buy shares, nor is it a

solicitation to sell, shares of CinemaxX Aktiengesellschaft. The final

conditions as well as other terms of the tender offer will be contained in

the offer document which will be published following its approval by the

German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). Investors as well

as shareholders of CinemaxX Aktiengesellschaft are strongly advised to read

the offer document and all other documentation that relates to the

voluntary public tender offer as soon as they have been published as they

may contain important information.

End of WpÜG announcement

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Listed: Regulierter Markt Frankfurt (General Standard), Hamburg;

Freiverkehr Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart