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Roth & Rau AG: Subscription price for new shares set at Euro 110.00 each

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Roth & Rau AG: Subscription price for new shares set at Euro 110.00 each

Hohenstein-Ernstthal, 10 April 2008 – The Management Board of Roth & Rau AG
today set the subscription price for the shares to be newly issued against
cash contributions in the course of the capital increase with subscription
rights, resolved by the Management Board with the consent of the
Supervisory Board on 31 March 2008, at Euro 110.00 per share. A total of
920,000 individual bearer shares are to be issued, generating gross issue
proceeds amounting to around Euro 101.2 million. The subscription rights
can be traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (floor trading) under ISIN
DE000A0SMUE5 from today until 14 April 2008. The period within which
subscription rights may be exercised continues to run until the end of 16
April 2008. Subscription rights not exercised during the subscription
period will lapse or, if provided for by the respective securities account
conditions, will be sold on the best possible terms.

Roth & Rau AG will use the funds received from the capital increase to
finance its future growth. The company aims to secure further key
technologies by making selective company acquisitions and by increasing its
proprietary research and development capacities. Furthermore, part of the
issue proceeds are to be invested in expanding the company’s production
capacities. Moreover, a further key component of the company’s growth
strategy involves continuously extending its customer base and sales
markets by expanding its international sales and service organisation.

About Roth & Rau AG:
Roth & Rau AG based in Hohenstein-Ernstthal (ISIN DE000A0JCZ51) is a
supplier of plasma process systems for the photovoltaics industry. The
company is a leading supplier in terms of market share in this industry.
Furthermore Roth & Rau supplies components and process systems based on
plasma and ion beam technology for other sectors. Developed by Roth & Rau,
these products are manufactured and distributed worldwide through the
company’s photovoltaic and plasma and ion beam technology divisions. In
fiscal year 2007 Roth & Rau achieved an EBIT of Euro 14 million on sales of
Euro 146 million, employing an average of 190 people. Roth & Rau’s
photovoltaic division focuses on providing antireflective coating
facilities as well as fully automated manufacturing lines (turnkey
production lines) for the production of crystalline silicon solar cells.
Another focus is on the production of equipment for the coating of thin
film solar modules. The plasma and ion beam technology division, which
accounted for around 6 percent of total sales in the financial year 2006,
produces plasma sources and ion beam sources as well as process systems for
thin film and surface technology. Customers served by this division
include, in particular, companies in the semiconductor and automotive
industries, R&D departments in various industries including photovoltaics
as well as research institutes and universities.

This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to
make an offer to buy securities. The shares in Roth & Rau AG (the 'Shares')
may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or
benefit of 'U.S. persons' (as such term is defined in Regulation S under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act')) absent
registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
The Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities
Act. No public offer or sale of securities is being made outside Germany.
Any public offering of Shares or subscription rights to be made in the
United States would only be made by means of a prospectus which would be
available at the company and which would contain detailed information about
the company and its management as well as its financial statements. The
public offer in Germany is being made exclusively by means of and on the
basis of a prospectus published and available free of charge at the Company
An der Baumschule 6 - 8, 09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal, (fax no. +49 3723 6685
301) and the joint lead managers Commerzbank AG, Kaiserstraße 16
(Kaiserplatz), 60311 Frankfurt am Main, (fax no. +49 69 136 29299) and
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, c/o Niederlassung Frankfurt am
Main, Junghofstraße 16, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, (fax no. +49 69 7538
9431).

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with Relevant Persons.

Contact:
Haubrok Investor Relations GmbH
Simone Gorny
Kaistraße 16
40221 Düsseldorf
Tel.: +49 (0) 211/30126-130
Fax: +49 (0)211/30126-5130
E-Mail: s.gorny@haubrok.de

10.04.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

Language: English
Issuer: Roth & Rau AG
An der Baumschule 6-8
09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal
Deutschland
Phone: 03723 6685-0
Fax: 03723 6685-100
E-mail: info@roth-rau.de
Internet: www.roth-rau.de
ISIN: DE000A0JCZ51
WKN: A0JCZ5

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