EANS-Adhoc: Derby Cycle AG / Squeeze out resolution entered into Commercial Register. Transfer of minority shareholders' shares against payment of adequate cash compensation comes into effect

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Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers/CR-entering squeeze out
28.12.2012

Cloppenburg, 28 December 2012 - Today, the resolution to transfer the
minority shareholders' shares to the principal shareholder against
the payment of adequate cash compensation which had been resolved by
the shareholders' meeting on 23 November 2012 was entered into the
Commercial Register at the Local Court in Oldenburg. Therewith, the
squeeze out resolution has become effective and the minority
shareholders' shares were transferred to the principal shareholder
against payment of adequate cash compensation which had been set at
EUR 31.56 per no-par value share by the principal shareholder Pon
Holding Germany GmbH. From now on Pon Holding Germany GmbH is the
sole shareholder of Derby Cycle AG.

Derby Cycle AG intends to apply for revocation of the admission of
the shares of Derby Cycle AG to the regulated market (regulierter
Markt) and the regulated market sub-segment with additional
post-admission listing obligations (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange today. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange will decide on a
suspension of trading until the admission is revoked. The delisting
of the shares of the Derby Cycle AG is expected to be effected
shortly.

Further information:

ISIN: DE000A1H6HN1
German Security Code Number (WKN): A1H6HN
Exchange: Regulated Market (Prime Standard), Frankfurt
Derby Cycle AG
Siemensstraße 1-3
49661 Cloppenburg

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

Henryk Deter / Claudius Krause
Telefon: +49 (0)611-20 58 55-28
E-Mail: krause@cometis.de

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issuer: Derby Cycle AG
Siemensstr. 1-3
D-49661 Cloppenburg
phone: +49-4471-966-0
FAX: +49-4471-966-44820
mail: r.bruels@derby-cycle.com
WWW: http://www.derby-cycle.de
sector: Consumer Goods
ISIN: DE000A1H6HN1
indexes: SDAX
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart,
regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English