EANS-News: Derby Cycle AG / Statement of the Management Board of Derby Cycle AG concerning the increase in the interest of the Accell Group to 22%

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Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers

Cloppenburg (euro adhoc) - September 1, 2011 - The Dutch Accell Group
announced on August 31, 2011, that it will increase its interest in
Derby Cycle AG to approximately 22% through corresponding agreements.
The Management Board of Derby Cycle AG has issued the following
statement and opinion on this matter:

"As the Management Board of Derby Cycle AG, we doubt whether this
participating interest relates exclusively to a financial investment.
On the contrary, we as the Management Board are assuming that the
Accell Group is planning a takeover of the company that is not
desired from our perspective. Although we have received no related
declaration of intent to date, and there have also been no
discussions with representatives of the Accell Group about this
topic, it is known that it is explicitly not part of our strategy to
seek a merger with a large competitor. From today's perspective, we
have no interest of any kind in any cooperation with the Accell
Group, however it might be structured, and of whatever type it might
be. We floated on the stock market at the start of this year in order
to continue independently with our strategy at a high growth rate.
The results for the first nine months of 2010/11 that have recently
been published reflect the success of this strategy - we are
outstandingly positioned. For this reason, we will continue to pursue
our successful strategy of independent growth also following the
Accell Group's recent announcement."

Further inquiry note:
cometis AG
Unter den Eichen 7
65195 Wiesbaden
www.cometis.de

Henryk Deter / Tobias Eberle
Telefon: +49 (0)611-20 58 55-25
E-Mail: eberle@cometis.de

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company: Derby Cycle AG
Siemensstr. 1-3
D-49661 Cloppenburg
phone: +49-4471-966-238
FAX: +49-4471-966-44820
mail: u.boegershausen@derby-cycle.de
WWW: http://www.derby-cycle.de
sector: Consumer Goods
ISIN: DE000A1H6HN1
indexes:
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München
language: English