EANS-Adhoc: ams AG / ams enters agreement to acquire private gas sensor specialist AppliedSensor

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Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers
04.06.2014

A global leader in solid-state gas sensors, AppliedSensor expands
ams' sensor solutions portfolio to support new volume applications in
industrial, automotive, and consumer

Unterpremstaetten, Austria (4 June 2014) - ams (SIX: AMS), a leading
worldwide manufacturer of high performance sensor and analog
solutions, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the
shares in AppliedSensor, a global leader in solid-state chemical gas
sensor solutions for high volume markets, in an all-cash transaction.

Established in 2000, AppliedSensor designs, manufactures and markets
chemical gas sensors for appliance, automotive, building automation,
consumer and industrial applications. AppliedSensor provides MEMS
sensors for the detection of gases such as CO, NO2, NH3, CH4, and
volatile organic compounds (VOCs), as well as Field Effect (FE)
sensors for the selective detection of hydrogen. As an important
supplier of safety, energy efficiency and comfort solutions for
global mass markets, AppliedSensor is currently developing a
dedicated gas sensor solution together with a leading German
industrial OEM.

AppliedSensor's corporate headquarters are located in Reutlingen,
Germany, and the group has approximately 25 employees.
AppliedSensor's annual revenues reach the high single-digit million
EUR range and the company is profitable. Its largest shareholder is
Verdane Capital VI, a Nordic private equity fund, which first
invested in the company in 2008. The parties to the transaction,
which is expected to close within the next four weeks subject to
certain approvals and conditions, have agreed to keep the
consideration confidential. ams plans to fully integrate
AppliedSensor's activities into its existing businesses following the
closing.

The addition of AppliedSensor's MEMS gas sensor technology to ams'
expertise in advanced sensor design underlines ams' evolution into a
sensor solutions provider focused on industry-leading innovation and
best-in-class performance.

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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 1,400 people globally
and serves more than 7,800 customers worldwide. 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