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ARQUES Industries AG reduces share in ARQUANA to less than 50%

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ARQUES reduces share in ARQUANA to less than 50%

Starnberg, December 29, 2006 – The Starnberg-based equity investment
company, ARQUES Industries AG (ISIN DE0005156004) has reduced its share in
ARQUANA International Print & Media AG (ISIN DE0006781008) to just under
50% and has thus enables ARQUANA greater autonomy, also on the capital
market. In the past year, the ARQUANA group has become a meaningful
European player in the web offset and packaging printing segments due to
the acquisition and successful integration and restructuring of seven
regional suppliers. Thus an important step was taken within the context of
the philosophy of the majority shareholder, ARQUES Industries. As a logical
result, ARQUANA’s increased independence from ARQUES makes sense. At the
beginning of November the ARQUANA Holding already relocated its
headquarters from the ARQUES offices in Starnberg to Neumünster, the
location of the printing subsidiary, Johler Druck.

At the end of 2006, the last step toward total autonomy for ARQUANA
International Print & Media AG takes place on the capital market. ARQUES
Industries AG has reduced its share in ARQUANA to just below 50% and will
book ARQUANA 'at-equity' in future. Hereby the free float of ARQUANA
International Print & Media AG increased to more than 50%. The executive
board and supervisory board of both companies welcome this step.

About ARQUES
ARQUES Industries AG, Starnberg, (www.arques.de), is a turnaround
specialist who focuses on the acquisition and the active restructuring of
companies in transitional situations, in order to develop these, with its
own team and own resources, to competitive enterprises with a positive
yield. ARQUES revitalises its subsidiaries' potential for creating value
for the benefit of all its stakeholders, taking on the relevant social
responsibility. ARQUES has made a duty of identifying underestimated
companies with reduced survivability but with high appreciation potential,
at the same time mastering complex company structures and transitional
situations. The shares of ARQUES Industries AG are traded in the regulated
market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol
'AQU' (ISIN: DE0005156004) and are listed in the SDAX since September 19,
2005.

Contact:
ARQUES Industries AG
Investor Relations & Corporate Communication
Anke Lüdemann, CEFA/CIIA
Tel.: +49 (0) 8151/ 651 0
Email: luedemann@arques.de

DGAP 29.12.2006

Language: English
Issuer: ARQUES Industries AG
Münchner Str. 15a
82319 Starnberg Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)8151 651-0
Fax: +49 (0)8151 651- 500
E-mail: info@arques.de
WWW: www.arques.de
ISIN: DE0005156004
WKN: 515600
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin-Bremen, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart

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