Singulus Technologies AG

M&A Activity • Feb 28, 2006

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Corporate | 28 February 2006 07:02

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Reports Successful Completion of Takeover Offer

Corporate-news transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Reports Successful Completion of Takeover Offer Kahl am Main, February 28, 2006 – The SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS) holds 26,264,819 ordinary shares of the STEAG HamaTech AG in total as per February 27, 2006. This represents 87.55 % of the nominal capital and the voting rights of the STEAG HamaTech AG. On December 16, 2006 SINGULUS published the takeover documents regarding the voluntary public takeover offer to the shareholders of the STEAG HamaTech AG located in Sternenfels. After the completion of the acceptance period, the first stage of the takeover offer, SINGULUS already held 84.74 % of the STEAG HamaTech shares on February 7, 2006. Thereof, 18.46 % were acquired in the course of the voluntary public takeover offer as well as at the stock market until the end of the acceptance period. During the Extended Acceptance Period lasting from February 8 to 21, 2006, the voluntary public takeover offer by SINGULUS for the shareholders of the STEAG HamaTech AG was accepted for 674,697 ordinary shares of the STEAG HamaTech AG. This represents 2.25 % of the nominal capital and the voting rights of the STEAG HamaTech AG, respectively. The voluntary takeover offer by SINGULUS for the shareholders of the STEAG HamaTech AG was accepted for 4,139,235 ordinary shares of the STEAG HamaTech AG in total. This represents 13.80 % of the nominal capital of the STEAG HamaTech AG. By now, after the expiration of the Extended Acceptance Period the tender offer cannot be accepted any longer. The combination of SINGULUS and the STEAG HamaTech AG lays the foundation for a technological and market leadership in all optical disc formats, in particular in the course of the launch of the upcoming write-once recordable Blu-ray / HD DVD for the recording of high definition TV programs (HDTV). SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, Hanauer Landstrasse 103, D-63796 Kahl/Main, ISIN: DE0007238909, WKN: 723890 For further information please contact: Maren Schuster, Investor Relations, Tel.: + 49 (0) 6188 440 612 Bernhard Krause, Corporate Communications, Tel.: + 49 (0) 6181 98280 20 (c)DGAP 28.02.2006 ————————————————————————— language: English emitter: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG Hanauer Landstrasse 103 63796 Kahl am Main Deutschland phone: +49 (0)6188 440-105 fax: +49 (0)6188 440-110 email: maren.schuster@singulus.de WWW: www.singulus.de ISIN: DE0007238909 WKN: 723890 indexes: stockmarkets: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————