EANS-News: Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG / Pfeiffer Vacuum closes acquisition of Adixen

• First integration measures are taken
• Target confirmed to become a world leader in vacuum solutions
• Closing has an impact on the 2010 balance sheet

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Subtitle: • First integration measures are taken
• Target confirmed to become a world leader in vacuum solutions
• Closing has an impact on the 2010 balance sheet

Asslar, Germany (euro adhoc) - December 31, 2010. Pfeiffer Vacuum
Technology AG today closed the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent´s Vacuum
Technology Unit "Adixen". The company had announced the intention to
purchase Adixen on November 3, 2010. The purchase price totals
approximately EUR 200 million on a debt/cash-free basis. In order to
finance the deal, Pfeiffer Vacuum had generated about EUR 112 million
through a capital increase and the sale of treasury shares on
November 18. The remaining part of the purchase price was funded
through a bank loan.

Manfred Bender, Chief Executive Officer of Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology
AG, comments on the acquisition: "We are happy that the transaction
is settled now. We already took first steps towards the integration
of Adixen in the past weeks. Together with the management of Adixen
we are convinced to become a world leader in vacuum solutions."

As the closing still takes place in 2010, the inclusion of Adixen for
the first time has an impact on the consolidated Pfeiffer Vacuum
balance sheet while the consolidated profit and loss accounts is not
affected.

About Pfeiffer Vacuum Pfeiffer Vacuum (Stock Exchange Symbol PFV,
ISIN DE0006916604) is one of the world´s leading providers of vacuum
solutions. Among a full range of hybrid- and magnetically levitated
turbopumps, the portfolio comprises of backing pumps, measurement and
analysis devices, components, vacuum chambers and systems. Ever since
the invention of the turbomolecular pump by Pfeiffer Vacuum, the
company has stood for innovative solutions and high-technology
products that are used in the analytical segment, in research and
development, environmental technology, chemistry, semiconductor
production and coating technology, as well as in the automotive
industry and any number of further sectors. Founded in 1890, Pfeiffer
Vacuum is today active throughout the world together with a workforce
of some 2,000 people as well as 28 subsidiaries. Further information
is available at www.pfeiffer-vacuum.com.

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Further inquiry note:

Brigitte Looß
Leiterin Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 (6441) 802-346
E-Mail: Brigitte.Loos[at]pfeiffer-vacuum.de

Branche: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: DE0006916604
WKN: 691660
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