EANS-Adhoc: Hönle acquires Grafix

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Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers
14.12.2012

Today, Dr. Hönle AG submitted a binding offer to the provisional
insolvency administrator of Grafix GmbH with the aim of acquiring all
significant non-current and current assets, including business
premises at the Unterlüß (Celle) site and the activities of the
insolvent Grafix GmbH. The agreed purchase price is in the lower,
one-digit million range.

The legally binding acquisition of the assets of Grafix GmbH by Dr.
Hönle AG is subject to approval by the creditor committee and to the
further proviso that the Grafix GmbH employees not taken over by Dr.
Hönle AG are transferred to a newly established employment and
qualification company within the short term.

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.

Further information concerning the acquisition will be provided after
contract conclusion.

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

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====================================== 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.

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
language: English