Frauenthal Holding AG

M&A Activity • Oct 16, 2012

AD HOC RELASE

Frauenthal Holding AG: Repurchase of treasury shares by way of a voluntary public bid pursuant to Sections 4 et seq Austrian Take-Over Act successfully completed.

Vienna, 12 October 2012. Frauenthal Holding AG ("FHAG") announces that the acceptance period of the voluntary public bid pursuant to Sections 4 et seq Austrian Take-Over Act for the repurchase of up to a maximum of 671,043 bearer shares in FHAG (ISIN AT0000762406) ("Public Bid") expired on 10 October 2012. The offer price was EUR 10 per bearer share in FHAG. The acceptance period of the Public Bid lasted from 26 September 2012 until 10 October 2012, 3pm, Vienna time. There is no extended acceptance period (sell-out phase).

Declarations of acceptance for a total of 1,030,087 bearer shares in FHAG were received until the end of the acceptance period. Due to the oversubscription of the Public Bid, the declarations of acceptance will be proportionally reduced in accordance with Section 20 Austrian Take-Over Act by about 35%. The custodian banks will unlock the bearer shares affected by the proportional reduction. Shareholders should address any questions regarding the unlocking of bearer shares to their custodian banks.

Upon closing of the Public Bid (= payment of the offer price against transfer of the bearer shares), which will occur on or about 19 October 2012, FHAG will acquire 671,043 bearer shares with a total value of EUR 6,710,430 and then hold a total of 943,499 treasury shares (10% of the share capital).

The repurchase of treasury shares was made in accordance with the authorization of the Annual General Meeting dated 6 June 2012.

Contact:

Dr. Martin Sailer m.sailer@frauenthal.at Mag. Erika Hochrieser e.hochrieser@frauenthal.at

Rooseveltplatz 10 A-1090 Wien Tel + 43(1) 505 42 06 Fax + 43(1) 505 42 06-33 www.frauenthal.at