Singulus Technologies AG

Regulatory Filings • Dec 28, 2005

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Ad-hoc | 28 December 2005 08:14

Singulus Technologies AG:First Contract for TIMARIS Machine

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Breakthrough for TIMARIS Machine – First Contract for Thin Film Head Applications Kahl am Main, December 28, 2005 – The SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS) was able to win its first customer for the TIMARIS machine. The system for the production of thin film heads was supplied to a US company. The purchase price of a TIMARIS machine amounts to approximately EUR 5 million. With these first orders, SINGULUS with its coating technology succeeded in overcoming the high entry barriers in the semi-conductor industry. Accordingly, the first important key contract for the new business segment MRAM was concluded. Background information SINGULUS is the global market leader in the optical disc area and expanded its business operations with equipment of TMR coating technology for IT applications in 2002. SINGULUS’ core competence is in the area of vacuum thin film coating. The means vacuum coating machines for use in the semi-conductor industry, on which either MRAM wafer (Magnetic Random Access Memory) or write- read heads for magnetic hard disc drives are produced. In the process of the thin film head application, magnetic materials are deposited enabling the next generation of storage media to write information on the hard disc drive with a higher storage density. TMR write-read heads are important key elements for magnetic hard disc drives with high storage density, which are in computers as well as increasingly in the growth market of satellite digital receivers with built-in magnetic hard disc drives. With a keystroke the satellite receiver records the currently broadcast program without loss of quality. Subsequently, the program can be burnt on DVD and archived. For further information please see also our Press Release or contact: Maren Schuster, Investor Relations, Tel.: + 49 (0) 6188 440 612, cell phone 0160-96090279, Bernhard Krause, Corporate Communications, Tel.: + 49 (0) 6181 98280 20, cell phone 0170 9202924 SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG Hanauer Landstrasse 103 63796 Kahl am Main Deutschland ISIN: DE0007238909 (TecDAX) WKN: 723890 Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin- Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart End of ad hoc announcement (c)DGAP 28.12.2005