Volution Group PLC

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Volution Group plc

16 April 2015

Thursday 16th April 2015

VOLUTION GROUP PLC

Volution Acquires Brüggemann Energiekonzepte GmbH

Extending our sales network in Northern Germany

Volution Group plc ("Volution" or "the Group" or "the Company", LSE: FAN), a leading supplier of ventilation products to the residential construction market, today announces that it has completed the transaction to acquire 100% of the shares in Brüggemann Energiekonzepte GmbH ("Brüggemann"), a leading supplier of decentralised heat recovery ventilation in the Northern area of Germany.

Brüggemann has an extensive list of and long term relationships with, installers and end user customers in the Hamburg and surrounding area of Germany. The acquisition of Brüggemann is expected to grow Group revenues by approximately €2 million p.a.

Commenting on this acquisition, Ronnie George, Chief Executive Officer, said:

"We are delighted to have completed the transaction to acquire Brüggemann. This addition to our ventilation operations will significantly extend our coverage in the Northern area of Germany around Hamburg. Decentralised heat recovery ventilation is an attractive market in Germany and we are pleased to bring this extra experience and knowledge into the Group to assist us with our plans for growth."

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Enquiries:

Volution Group plc

Ronnie George, Chief Executive Officer       +44 (0) 1293 441501

Ian Dew, Chief Financial Officer                  +44 (0) 1293 441536

Brunswick                                                          +44 (0) 20 7404 5959

volution@brunswickgroup.com 

Craig Breheny, Simone Selzer, Chris Buscombe

Note to Editors

Volution Group plc (LSE: FAN) is a leading supplier of ventilation products to the residential construction market in the UK, Sweden and Germany.

The Group sold approximately 11 million ventilation products and accessories in the six months ended 31 January 2015. It consists of five key brands, focused primarily on the UK, Swedish and German ventilation markets - Vent-Axia, Manrose, Fresh, PAX and inVENTer - and operates through two divisions: the Ventilation Group, which principally supplies ventilation products for residential construction applications in the UK, Sweden and Germany and ventilation products for commercial construction applications in the UK; and OEM (Torin-Sifan), which supplies motors, fans and blowers to OEMs of heating and ventilation products for both residential and commercial construction applications in Europe. 

For more information, please go to:  http://www.volutiongroupplc.com/ 

Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements

Certain statements made in this announcement may be forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on current expectations and assumptions and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from any expected future events or results expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. Persons receiving this announcement should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, regulation or accounting standard, the Group does not undertake to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

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