Aurubis AG

Share Issue/Capital Change • Jan 13, 2011

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Ad-hoc | 13 January 2011 15:30

Aurubis AG: Aurubis AG successfull place capital increase of 10%

Aurubis AG / Key word(s): Capital Increase

13.01.2011 15:30

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NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA

Aurubis AG successfully places capital increase of 10%

Hamburg, 13 January 2011 - Aurubis AG (ISIN: DE0006766504) today placed
4,086,974 new shares with qualified institutional investors in Germany and
abroad (including a placement to institutional investors in the United
States of America in accordance with Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933) by way of an accelerated bookbuilding process.

The shares have been placed at a price of EUR 41.50 per share resulting in
proceeds totalling EUR 169.6 millions, which will be used to fund Aurubis
communicated organic and external growth plan in the areas of copper
production, precious metals and recycling as well as copper products.
Furthermore the funds will be used to finance higher working capital
requirements in order to maintain full financial flexibility during periods
of rising commodity prices.

Barclays Capital was sole bookrunner for the transaction.

After the execution of the capital increase has been entered in the
Commercial Register, the new shares will be admitted to trading on the
Regulated Market of the Hamburg Stock Exchange as well as on the Regulated
Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with simultaneous admission to the
sub-segment of the Regulated Market with additional post-admission
obligations (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, without
publishing a prospectus. The new shares will carry full dividend rights for
the financial year 2009/10.

Dr. Bernd Drouven, Chief Executive Officer of Aurubis AG, stated: 'The
successful capital increase improves our financial power and enables us to
realise the implementation of ongoing investment projects. Furthermore, we
sustainably strengthened our balance sheet structure and are well
positioned for the future.'

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an offer to buy securities. In particular, this document constitutes
neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to purchase
securities in the United States of America. The shares in Aurubis AG have
not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act nor under any
laws of any state of the United States of America, and may not be offered,
sold, resold, or delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into the United
States of America, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the US Securities Act and the applicable state securities
laws. There will be no public offering of Shares in the United States of
America.

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Language: English
Company: Aurubis AG
Hovestrasse 50
20539 Hamburg
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)40 / 78 83 - 31 78
Fax: +49 (0)40 / 78 83 - 31 30
E-mail: m.kartenbeck@aurubis.com
Internet: www.aurubis.com
ISIN: DE0006766504
WKN: 676650
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg;
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart

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