Ad-hoc | 26 November 2003 14:41

KBA and Metronic Intensify Alliance

Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– KBA and Metronic Intensify Alliance KBA to take Stake in Printing and ID Systems Manufacturer Würzburg. KBA, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of printing presses, is broadening its activities at the beginning of next year with a majority stake in Metronic, a locally based manufacturer of inkjet, hot stamping, laser and thermal transfer ID devices for industrial applications plus UV offset printing systems for CDs, DVDs and plastic cards. Metronic’s product range is a neat fit with KBA’s, which embraces sheetfed and web offset, rotogravure, newspaper printing and various niche markets. No details of the deal are available at present. end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 26.11.2003 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 719350; ISIN: DE0007193500; Index: MDAX Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), München; Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart 261441 Nov 03