euro adhoc: Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers / PALFINGER - Acquisition of MBB Liftsystems AG

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Company Information/Übernahme

29.10.2007

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PALFINGER takes over one of the global leaders in tail lift
manufacturing

o 100 percent acquisition of MBB Liftsystems AG o Considerable
strengthening of the TAIL LIFT product division o Continuation of
PALFINGER's internationalisation and diversification strategy o
Acquisition will increase the Group's revenues by around 10 percent

Bergheim, Salzburg, 29 October 2007

Subject to the approval of the Austrian and German antitrust
authorities, PALFINGER will take over MBB, one of the top-three
players in the global market for tail lifts. The German company
MBB Liftsystems AG is headquartered in Ganderkesee / Hoykenkamp
near Bremen and maintains distribution subsidiaries in Great
Britain, France, Belgium, the Slovak Republic, and the US. With
decades of experience in the development, production, and
distribution of tail lifts, the company offers a comprehensive
range of technically mature products that are well established in
the market. In the 2007 financial year, MMB will generate
revenues of around EUR 65 million, employing a staff of 260.

MBB works with dealers and/or distribution partners in almost 40
countries all over the world, the number of installed bases in the
market of currently around 100,000 shows its strong market position.

The headquarters of MBB in Germany will become the centre of
excellence for the continental European tail lifts of PALFINGER.
RATCLIFF products, which are tailor-made for the British market,
and the MBB location in the US, which also includes an assembly
plant, will not be affected. The existing successful

MBB management team will remain part of the company and will support its
integration into the PALFINGER Group.

This acquisition matches PALFINGER's strategy to grow through

internationalisation and diversification. MBB will be active in the
secondary segment "HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS and SERVICES" of the PALFINGER
Group as part of the TAIL LIFT division, thus giving stronger
weight to this segment. PALFINGER will thus become one of the global
top-three players with another product and be less dependant on
regional and industry-specific fluctuations in the main
business areas.

end of announcement euro adhoc 29.10.2007 07:24:31
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Further inquiry note:
Hannes Roither, PALFINGER AG
Company Spokesperson
Tel.: +43 662 46 84-2260
mailto: h.roither@palfinger.com

Anton Graf, PALFINGER AG
Investor Relations
Tel. +43 662 46 84-2275
a.graf@palfinger.com
www.palfinger.com

Branche: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: AT0000758305
WKN: 919964
Index: ATX Prime
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / official market