Wacker Neuson SE — M&A Activity 2007

Oct 31, 2007

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Ad-hoc | 31 October 2007 17:44

Wacker Construction Equipment AG:

Wacker Construction Equipment AG / Merger

Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by
DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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The merger of Wacker Construction Equipment AG and Neuson Kramer
Baumaschinen AG has been completed and is now fully effective.

(Munich, October 31, 2007) The transfer of the remaining shares in Neuson
Kramer Baumaschinen AG is fully effective as of today.

The transfer of the outstanding 2,223,100 shares of Neuson Kramer
Baumaschinen AG (corresponding to 19.92 % of the company’s share capital)
in exchange for 2,243,188 additional treasury shares of Wacker Construction
Equipment AG and 2,437,088 new shares resulting from a further capital
increase by means of contributions in kind is fully effective as of October
31, 2007. Wacker Construction Equipment AG now holds 100% of the share
capital of Neuson Kramer Baumaschinen AG. As stated in the IPO prospectus,
this capital increase brings the share capital of Wacker Construction
Equipment AG to EUR 70,140,000. The merger is now complete and fully
effective.
Approximately 90% of the total shares issued and transferred as part of the
merger have been incorporated in the existing pool of voting rights held by
Wacker family shareholders and former main shareholders of Neuson Kramer
Baumaschinen AG. Preferential purchase rights are also incorporated in the
pool agreement.

Additional information about the Wacker Construction Equipment AG shares:
ISIN: DE000WACK012
WKN: WACK01
Listing requested: Official Market / Prime Standard; Frankfurt Stock
Exchange
Registered office of the company: Germany

Contact:

Wacker Construction Equipment AG
Imre Szerdahelyi
Head of Corporate Communication
Preußenstr. 41
80809 Munich
Germany
Tel. + 49 - 89 - 354 02 – 251
E-Mail: ir@eu.wackergroup.com
Internet: www.wackergroup.com

Disclaimer:

This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to
buy securities.

This document does not constitute an offer of securities for sale or a
solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in The United States. The
shares in Wacker Construction Equipment AG (the 'Shares') may not be
offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption
from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. It is
not intended to register any Shares in the United States or to conduct an
offering of Shares in the United States.

This document is only being distributed to and is only directed at (i)
persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) to investment
professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the 'Order') or (iii)
high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be
communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such
persons together being referred to as 'relevant persons').
31.10.2007 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

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Language: English
Issuer: Wacker Construction Equipment AG
Preußenstr. 41
80809 München
Deutschland
Phone: +49 - (0)89 - 354 02 - 0
Fax: +49 - (0)89 - 354 02 - 390
E-mail: info@eu.wackergroup.com
Internet: www.wackergroup.com
ISIN: DE000WACK012
WKN: WACK01
Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in
Berlin, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart

End of News DGAP News-Service

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