Corporate | 7 August 2006 08:45

ARQUES sells Heinrich Heiland to a French group of investors

Corporate news transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— ARQUES sells Heinrich Heiland to a French group of investors Exit after conclusion of first restructuring phase Starnberg, August 7, 2006 – ARQUES Industries AG (ISIN DE0005156004) sold the transportation protection system manufacturer Heinrich Heiland to a French group of investors retroactively to June 30, 2006. Heinrich Heiland was taken over at the end of February for a symbolic price. Through the sale a profit of 100% or EUR 0.5 millions could be realised. With specific measures, the ARQUES task force specialists had clearly increased the productivity and efficiency of the company. Among other things these covered the bundling of operations at the Bratislava location and the renegotiation of purchasing terms. Unprofitable divisions were discontinued. For this reason revenue sank under the 10 million Euro mark and thus under the ARQUES investment limit. On this basis a strategic investor was found. About ARQUES ARQUES Industries AG, Starnberg, is a turnaround specialist who focuses on the acquisition and the active restructuring of companies in transitional situations, in order to develop these, with its own team and own resources, to competitive enterprises with a positive yield. ARQUES revitalises its ubsidiaries’ potential for creating value for the benefit of all its stakeholders, taking on the relevant social responsibility. ARQUES has made a duty of identifying underestimated companies with reduced survivability but with high appreciation potential, at the same time mastering complex company structures and transitional situations. The shares of ARQUES Industries AG are traded in the regulated market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘AQU’ (ISIN: DE0005156004) and are listed in the SDAX since September 19, 2005. Contact: ARQUES Industries AG Investor Relations & Corporate Communication Anke Lüdemann, CEFA/CIIA Tel.: +49 (0) 8151/ 651 0 Email: luedemann@arques.de (c)DGAP 07.08.2006 ————————————————————————— Language: English Issuer: ARQUES Industries AG Münchner Str. 15a 82319 Starnberg Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)8151 651-0 Fax: +49 (0)8151 651- 500 E-mail: info@arques.de WWW: www.arques.de ISIN: DE0005156004 WKN: 515600 Indices: SDAX Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————