EANS-News: TEAK HOLZ INTERNATIONAL AG / TEAK shares listed in VONIX Sustainability Index

Sustainability trend supports THI business model: investments in
plantation teak wood are becoming more and more popular

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Linz (euro adhoc) - The shares of TEAK HOLZ INTERNATIONAL AG (ISIN:
AT0TEAKHOLZ8) are listed in the VONIX (VBV Austrian Sustainability
Index). Over 60 stock companies were audited concerning environmental
and social criteria, 22 companies are now index members for the
period June 2009 to June 2010.

The VONIX (AT0000496906) is a capitalization-weighted price index
that is composed of those Austrian companies, which are leaders as
concerns social and environmental achievements.

"The team of THI is delighted that the TEAK shares are listed in the
composition for the period 2009/2010. THI recognizes the membership
as an acknowledgment for the achievements of the sustainable THI
business model made within the past years. But it is also an explicit
duty for the future years to improve constantly", so Paul
Rettenbacher, Investor Relations, THI.

THI BUSINESS MODEL SUITS PERFECTLY SUSTAINABILITY TREND The term
sustainability originally comes from forestry. After oil and natural
gas, wood is the world´s third most important raw material. But of
these three commodities wood is the only renewable one. The
foreseeable ban on exploitation of tropical wood species from
primeval forests in the future can make investments in plantations
and wood class assets increasingly interesting. Investments in wood
plantation, especially teak plantations, are becoming more and more
popular.

The THI´s share (ISIN: AT0TEAKHOLZ8) developed very well since the
beginning of 2009, the share price moved up considerable approx. plus
70 %. But not only had the price increased. Also the daily average
volumes and the average number of daily transactions pushed upwards.

UNITED NATIONS (UNO) INVOKE TO INVEST IN FORESTS AND NATURE The UNEP,
United Nations Environment Programme, repeatedly invokes all states
to invest much more in forests and soil protection antagonizing
global warming. States shall invest in forests to increase the
absorption of CO2. www.unep.org

THI: BRIEF DESCRIPTION Teak Holz International AG, an Austrian stock
listed company domiciled in Linz, specialises in sustainable teak
forestry investments in Costa Rica. The plantations along the Pacific
Coast have an area of 1,934 hectares (ha) and contain approx.
2,127,000 teak trees which are cared individually. Expansion of the
plantation area to some 4,500 ha is planned by 2014.

Since November 2008 four of the THI-plantations have been certified.
850 ha meet the ten FSC-principles and the associated forestry
criteria. In April 2009 the scope of the certificate was extended
from forest management to forest management plus "chain-of-custody"
(SW-FM/COC-003610). The Austria based THI subsidiary Teak Holz
Handels- und Verarbeitungs GmbH (TEAK austria) holds also a
certificate (SW-COC-003355) since August 2008. www.TEAK-austria.com

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Further inquiry note:

Teak Holz International AG

Mr. Paul Rettenbacher

Tel.: +43 (0)70 908 909-91

mailto:rettenbacher@teak-ag.com

Branche: Forestry & Timber
ISIN: AT0TEAKHOLZ8
WKN:
Index: Standard Market Continous
Börsen: Wien / Regulated free trade