EANS-Adhoc: Hönle acquires Grafix

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Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers
21.12.2012

Gräfelfing, Munich, 21 December 2012

Today the Hönle Group signed the contract of purchase for the
acquisition of all major assets of Grafix GmbH. The Grafix GmbH
creditors' committee had already accepted Dr. Hönle AG's binding
offer of 14 December 2012. The assets are being acquired by a wholly
owned subsidiary of Dr. Hönle AG, which will continue Grafix GmbH's
businesses under the latter's established name. Besides the fixed and
current assets, including a business property at the Unterlüß site
(Celle), the assets acquired also encompass the entire business
activity of the insolvent Grafix GmbH. As already reported on
14.12.2012, the purchase price agreed was a low single-digit million
amount.

The acquisition of the assets becomes effective in law from the
beginning of January 2013.

Practically all the employees of Grafix GmbH not taken on by the
Hönle Group have stated that they are prepared to switch to a newly
founded employment and qualification company as of 01.01.2013.
Because of the acquisition of the assets of Grafix GmbH the
publication of the annual report of Dr. Hönle AG for the 2011/2012
financial year will be deferred from 14 January 2013 to 28 January
2013.

Stuttgart-based Grafix GmbH is a leading global producer of
peripheral devices used in the colour fixing segment. The company's
product program comprises drying and powder spraying systems,
fountain solution & ink temperature control systems. Grafix supplies
both printing firms and printing machine manufacturers with this
product program. As an important supplier, Grafix has access to
leading manufacturers of offset and digital printing machines
worldwide. In addition, Grafix offers solutions for other sectors of
industry such as the glass, plastics and pharmaceutical industries.

The company was founded in Stuttgart in 1947 and was extended by a
second production site at Unterlüß in the year 2000. With
approximately 100 employees, Grafix will generate revenues of about
EUR 10 million in 2012. On 15 October 2012, Grafix GmbH filed a
petition for preliminary insolvency proceedings.

Dr. Hönle AG assumes that the successor of Grafix GmbH will
contribute positively to Hoenle Group earnings as early as in the
2012/2013 business year.

Additional information via Grafix GmbH:
www.grafix-online.de

About Hönle: Dr. Hönle AG is a listed technology company with
registered head office in Gräfelfing near Munich. With about 500
employees, the Hönle Group is among the leading suppliers in the UV
technology segment worldwide. The equipment is used in colour and
paint drying, in adhesives and plastics hardening and in surface
sterilization and sunlight simulation. Adhesives and casting
compounds for industrial applications are another focus of
activities. Moreover, the corporate group manufactures UV beamers for
water sterilization and produces tubes and semi-finished products
from fused quartz for use in various sectors of industry. Worldwide,
the Hönle Group is represented at ca. 50 locations in more than 20
countries with its own companies and distribution partners.

Contact: Dr. Hönle AG, Peter Weinert, Lochhamer Schlag 1, 82166
Gräfelfing/Munich, phone: 089-85608-173, peter.weinert@hoenle.de,
www.hoenle.de

Further inquiry note:
Peter Weinert, phone: +49 89 85608 173, mail: peter.weinert@hoenle.de

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