EANS-Adhoc: ams AG / ams announces completion of transaction to acquire the RFID design center IDS

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13.11.2012

Unterpremstaetten, Austria (13 November 2012) - ams (SIX: AMS), a
leading worldwide designer and manufacturer of high performance
analog ICs for consumer & communications, industry & medical, and
automotive applications, today announced the completion of the
transaction to acquire the IDS group.

To further enhance its successful RFID, NFC and wireless offerings
and technology leadership in these exciting markets, ams on 22
October 2012 entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares
in IDS, a global design leader for highly-integrated low-power RFID
IC solutions and IP for HF and UHF applications. The IDS group,
comprising IDS d.o.o. (Slovenia) and IDS IP Holding AG with its 100%
subsidiary IDS Microchip AG (both in Switzerland), has approximately
20 employees. The parties to the transaction have agreed to keep the
consideration confidential.

ams has worked closely with IDS over the last several years and plans
to fully integrate IDS's activities into its existing wireless
business following the closing. The addition of IDS with its intense
expertise in wireless and sensing makes ams one of the very few
semiconductor vendors with complete RFID solutions in LF, HF/NFC and
UHF, both for readers and high performance tags.

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About ams

ams develops and manufactures high-performance analog semiconductors
that solve its customers' most challenging problems with innovative
solutions. ams' products are aimed at applications which require
extreme precision, accuracy, dynamic range, sensitivity, and
ultra-low power consumption. ams' product range includes sensors,
sensor interfaces, power management ICs and wireless ICs for
customers in the consumer, industrial, medical, mobile communications
and automotive markets.

With headquarters in Austria, ams employs over 1,200 people globally
and serves more than 6,500 customers worldwide. ams is the new name
of austriamicrosystems, following the 2011 acquisition of optical
sensor company TAOS Inc. ams is listed on the SIX Swiss stock
exchange (ticker symbol: AMS). More information about ams can be
found at www.ams.com.

Further inquiry note:
Moritz M. Gmeiner
Director Investor Relations
Tel: +43 3136 500-31211
Fax: +43 3136 500-931211
Email: investor@ams.com

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issuer: ams AG
Tobelbader Strasse 30
A-8141 Unterpremstaetten
phone: +43 3136 500-0
FAX: +43 3136 500-931211
mail: investor@ams.com
WWW: www.ams.com
sector: Technology
ISIN: AT0000920863
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stockmarkets: official dealing: SIX Swiss Exchange
language: English