EANS-News: Hönle concludes license agreement covering the amount of EUR 3 million

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Licensing Agreements

Gräfeling/München (euro adhoc) - Dr. Hönle AG has concluded a license
agreement with a Spanish company governing the exclusive use of
trademark rights for a special customer segment. The agreement runs
over a period of 4 years and includes a subsequent purchase option
for the licensee. The total volume of license revenue plus the
acquisition price for the trademark rights payable upon execution of
the option amounts to at least EUR 3 million. As a result, Dr. Hönle
AG achieves license revenue of EUR 810,000 for the first time in the
third quarter of the current financial year. Furthermore the
respective business division of a subsidiary was sold to the Spanish
licensee. The business division has not made any significant
contribution to the subsidiary's earnings in recent years.

About Hönle: Dr. Hönle AG is a listed technology company with
registered head office in Gräfelfing, near Munich. With a staff level
of ca. 350 employees, the Hönle Group is one of the world´s leading
systems suppliers in the UV technology segment. The equipment and
systems are used for drying inks and coatings, curing adhesives and
plastics, disinfecting surfaces, and in the simulation of natural
sunlight. The Company´s business activities focus also on the
development and sale of industrial adhesives and compounds. The Group
is represented by own companies and sales partners worldwide at 50
locations in more than 20 countries.

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company: Dr. Hönle AG
Lochhamer Schlag 1
D-82166 Gräfeling/München
phone: +49 89 85608 0
FAX: +49 89 85608 101
mail: ir@hoenle.de
WWW: www.hoenle.de
sector: Instrument Engineering
ISIN: DE0005157101
indexes: CDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Hannover, München
language: English

ots Originaltext: Dr. Hönle AG
Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.presseportal.de

Further inquiry note:

Peter Weinert
Tel.: +49 89 85608 173
E-Mail: peter.weinert@hoenle.de
Web: www.hoenle.de

Branche: Instrument Engineering
ISIN: DE0005157101
WKN: 515710
Index: CDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Berlin / free trade
Hamburg / free trade
Stuttgart / free trade
Düsseldorf / free trade
Hannover / free trade
München / free trade