Ad-hoc | 28 April 2004 08:51

BOV AG with successful placement of capital increase for cash

Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– BOV AG with successful placement of capital increase for cash Essen, Germany, 27 April 2004 – By resolution of the Executive Board and approval of the Supervisory Board BOV AG successfully placed a capital increase for cash with an investor through the issuance of 800,000 shares under exclusion of subscription rights. The company will generate EUR 800,000 in free cash in the proceeds of the capital increase which has been subscribed by an amount of EUR 1.00 per share. This will considerably strengthen the equity base and liquidity. The registration with the Commercial Registry and the listing of the new shares will be filed for within the coming days. With the registration of the capital increase the share capital will increase from EUR 8,120,576 to EUR 8,920,576. —————————————————————————- BOV Aktiengesellschaft Contact person for Investor Relations: Christoph Junge mailto:christoph.junge@bov.de Contact person for PR, press and media: Martin Möllmann mailto:martin.moellmann@bov.de Alfredstrasse 279 D-45133 Essen Tel.: +49.(0)201.4513-3 Fax: +49.(0)201.4513-520 end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 28.04.2004 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 549370; ISIN: DE0005493704; Index: Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin- Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart 280851 Apr 04