VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG

Transaction in Own Shares • Oct 25, 2007

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Ad-hoc | 25 October 2007 18:06

VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG:The Management Board of VERBIO decides to buy back up to 2 million Company shares

VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG / Share Buyback

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Zörbig/Leipzig, October 25, 2007 - The Management Board of VERBIO
Vereinigte BioEnergie AG (VERBIO) decided today to buy back up to two
million own shares or up to 3.17 percent of it’s capital stock between
October 26, 2007 and latest May 31, 2008.

The repurchased shares are earmarked for an option and employee share
participation programs and for the purpose to use the purchased shares as
cash for growth.

Shares will be repurchased exclusively through the stock exchange. The
price per share (excluding incidental acquisition expenses) paid by VERBIO
must in this program not deviate by more than five percent in either
direction from the share's average closing price on the XETRA or an
equivalent successor system on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange during the last
five trading days prior to entering into the purchase commitment.

VERBIO has instructed the financial institution repurchasing the shares to
comply with the terms of trade detailed in Article 5 of Commission
Regulation (EC) No. 2273/2003 of December 22, 2003. In particular, it may
not buy back more than 25 percent of the average trading volume for a given
day. The company will not acquire shares at a price above that of the last
independent transaction or (if this is higher) above that of the highest
current independent bid price at the trading platform where the buyback is
made.

VERBIO will provide regular updates on the transactions and the progress of
the share buyback program at www.verbio.de.

Contact

VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG
Alexandra Mühr
Investor Relations
Humboldtstraße 18
04105 Leipzig, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 341 30 85 30 85
Fax: +49 (0) 341 30 85 30 99
E-Mail: ir@verbio.de

Information on VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG
The VERBIO Group is one of the leading producers and suppliers of biofuels
and also the only industrial-scale producer of biodiesel and bioethanol in
Europe. Nominal capacity currently amounts to around 400,000 tons of
biodiesel and 300,000 tons of bioethanol per year. The company has
developed its own processes and innovative technologies for the production
of biodiesel and bioethanol. It supplies its products directly to European
mineral oil corporations, mineral oil traders, independent gas stations and
haulage companies. VERBIO AG also markets high-quality pharmaglycerin for
the consumer goods and cosmetic industries (glycerin is a by-product of
biodiesel production). Within the Group, VERBIO AG acts as the management
holding company. The Group’s operating business is run by its subsidiaries:
MUW Mitteldeutsche UmesterungsWerke, NUW Nordbrandenburger
UmesterungsWerke, MBE Mitteldeutsche BioEnergie, NBE Nordbrandenburger
BioEnergie and SBE Swiss BioEnergy.
25.10.2007 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

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Language: English
Issuer: VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG
Humboldtstraße 18
04105 Leipzig
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)341 30 85 30 90
Fax: +49 (0)341 30 85 30 99
E-mail: pr@verbio.de
Internet: www.verbio.de
ISIN: DE000A0JL9W6
WKN: A0JL9W
Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in
Berlin, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München

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