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Jul 6, 2007

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Corporate | 6 July 2007 13:34

First Annual General Meeting of Roth & Rau AG

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• Shareholders support Management Board growth strategy
• Current business performance affirms annual forecast

Hohenstein-Ernstthal, 6 July 2007 – The Management Board of Roth & Rau AG
received great support from shareholders at today’s Annual General Meeting
in Hohenstein-Ernstthal. The company’s operating business has been boosted
by the dynamic performance of the sector and by its successful IPO in May
2006. Sales rose by 28.3 % to Euro 42,853k in the 2006 financial year and
by 250 % to Euro 24,568k in the first quarter compared with the equivalent
period in the previous year. The high volume of incoming orders, which by
the end of the first five months already amounted to Euro 74.3 million
(previous year: Euro 15.9m) provide a clear indication that the company
will continue to report dynamic growth in the coming months. In order to
meet the rising demand for Roth & Rau equipment and to provide a foundation
for the further positive development of the company, the Management Board
is investing both in a new production location and in expanding its
personnel capacities. Dr. Dietmar Roth, CEO of Roth & Rau AG: 'We are
therefore superbly positioned and the positive performance of the business
in the first months of 2007 makes us more than confident that we will reach
our annual targets.'

Numerous private investors and shareholder representatives took the
opportunity today of informing themselves of the company’s current
performance and of making direct contact with the Management Board.
Shareholders approved all items on the agenda with large majorities. As
well as the ratification of the actions of the Management Board and
Supervisory Board, the items voted on also included an authorisation to
acquire own shares and an amendment to the Articles of Association as a
result of the entry into force of the Transparency Directive Implementing
Act (Transparenzrichtlinie-Umsetzungsgesetz).

About Roth & Rau AG:
Roth & Rau AG (ISIN DE000A0JCZ51) develops and manufactures equipment and
process systems on the basis of plasma and ion beam technology and supplies
these to a global customer base in a wide variety of sectors. Roth & Rau’s
photovoltaic business field focuses on providing antireflective coating
facilities for crystalline silicon solar cells. With a global market share
(excluding Japan) of around 60 %, Roth & Rau is the global market leader in
this area. The company’s second business field of plasma and ion beam
technology, which accounted for around 15 % of total sales in the past
financial year, develops equipment for the semiconductor and automotive
industries, as well as for research and development in various sectors.

Contact:
Haubrok Investor Relations GmbH
Simone Gorny
Kaistraße 16
40221 Düsseldorf
Tel.: +49 (0) 211/30126-130
Fax: +49 (0)211/30126-172
E-Mail: s.gorny@haubrok.de

DGAP 06.07.2007

Language: English
Issuer: Roth & Rau AG
Gewerbering 3 OT Wüstenbrand
09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal Deutschland
Phone: 0372349880
Fax: 03723 498825
E-mail: silvia.roth@roth-rau.de
Internet: www.roth-rau.de
ISIN: DE000A0JCZ51
WKN: A0JCZ5
Indices:
Listed: Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart;
Entry Standard in Frankfurt

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