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Share Issue/Capital Change • Jul 6, 2006

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Corporate | 6 July 2006 08:09

ARQUES Industries AG: Stock split will be effective July 10

Corporate news transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— ARQUES Industries AG: Stock split will be effective July 10 Starnberg, July 6, 2006 – After implementation of the stock split at a ratio of 1 to 10, shareholders of ARQUES Industries AG (ISIN DE0005156004) will automatically be granted nine additional ARQUES shares for each existing ARQUES share starting from July 10, 2006. After the registration in the Commercial Register on June 27, 2006, the stock split which was agreed upon at the annual general meeting on May 30, 2006, can now be executed promptly. Share capital therefore increases from previously EUR 2,426,667.00 by EUR 21,840,003.00 to EUR 24,266,670.00. Consequently the number of ARQUES shares increases tenfold. The new shares are entitled to dividends from the beginning of the financial year 2006. 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 (c)DGAP 06.07.2006 ————————————————————————— 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, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————