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Manz AG M&A Activity 2010

Jul 16, 2010

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Ad-hoc | 16 July 2010 20:21

Manz Automation acquires the exclusive rights of use to Würth Solar’s CIGS production technology as part of a know-how licensing and strategic alliance agreement

Manz Automation AG / Alliance

16.07.2010 20:21

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  • Manz becomes a provider of turnkey integrated production lines for CIGS
    thin-film solar modules

Reutlingen/Schwäbisch-Hall, July 16, 2010 - Manz Automation AG and Würth
Solar GmbH & Co. KG today signed a know-how licensing and strategic
alliance agreement. This regulates the exclusive licensing of the
production technology for CIGS photovoltaic modules from Würth Solar to
Manz. In addition, in the strategic alliance agreement Manz Automation AG
has also secured Würth Solar's support for planning and executing the
production lines for CIGS modules as well as the commissioning and ramp-up.
A further key component of the agreement is the exclusive access to
research results with regard to CIGS modules on glass substrates from the
Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW
- Center for solar energy and hydrogen research), which results from the
existing contractual relationship between Würth Solar and ZSW.

This strategic alliance has increased Manz Automation's business model,
which means that in the future it will be able to offer its customers an
integrated production solution for CIGS solar modules. Manz Automation's
Managing Board believes that this step will bring significant revenue and
earnings growth from fiscal year 2011.

Manz Automation will publish further details of this strategic alliance as
part of a press release on July 19, 2010.

Additional information:

ISIN: DE000A0JQ5U3
German Securities Identification Number (WKN) of the shares: A0JQ5U
Trading symbol: M5Z
Trading segment: Regulated market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange

Manz Automation AG
Steigäckerstraße 5
72768 Reutlingen
Germany

Investor relations contact:

cometis AG
Ulrich Wiehle / Dominic Großmann
Tel.: +49 (0)611 - 205855-15
Fax: +49 (0)611 - 205855-66
E-Mail: [email protected]

Public relations contact:

Manz Automation AG
Axel Bartmann
Tel.: +49 (0)7121 - 9000-395
Fax: +49 (0)7121 - 9000-99
E-Mail: [email protected]

16.07.2010 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Press Release distributed by DGAP.
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Language: English
Company: Manz Automation AG
Steigäckerstr. 5
72768 Reutlingen
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0) 7121 9000-0
Fax: +49 (0) 7121 9000-99
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.manz-automation.com
ISIN: DE000A0JQ5U3
WKN: A0JQ5U
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart

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