Corporate | 21 April 2006 17:35

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Beteiligungs GmbH and STEAG HamaTech Sign Control Agreement

Corporate-news transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Beteiligungs GmbH and STEAG HamaTech Sign Control Agreement Kahl am Main, April 21, 2006 – SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Beteiligungs GmbH (SINGULUS GmbH), a 100% subsidiary of the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, concluded a control agreement with the STEAG HamaTech AG on April 21, 2006. In the course of the control agreement the SINGULUS GmbH offers the outstanding shareholders of the STEAG HamaTech AG to exchange their shares for a cash compensation of € 2.43 per unit share. This settlement offer can be accepted by the outstanding shareholders of the STEAG HamaTech AG from the time of the control agreement becoming effective (entry in the Commercial Registry of the STEAG HamaTech AG). The control agreement is subject to the approval by the shareholders’ meeting of the SINGULUS GmbH as well as by the Supervisory Board and the Annual General Meeting of the STEAG HamaTech AG. The SINGULUS GmbH guarantees those shareholders who wish to remain shareholders of the STEAG HamaTech AG, an annual profit share in the gross amount of € 0.17 per unit share (currently net € 0.16) for each full business year as an appropriate compensation. The Executive Board of the STEAG HamaTech AG and the management of the SINGULUS GmbH were assisted in the company valuation, on which the determination of the cash compensation and the profit share is based, by Dr. Ebner, Dr. Stolz und Partner GmbH, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft (Chartered Accountants), located in Stuttgart. The auditor Warth & Klein GmbH, Dusseldorf, appointed by the District Court Mannheim on March 14, 2006 confirmed the appropriateness of the compensation and profit sharing. Company profile: With a consistent focus on its core competencies, since the management buyout SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES has transformed itself into the global leader of machines and equipment for optical storage media within a time span of ten years. Operating and acting according to the principles of profitability always remained in the spotlight. SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is the only equipment producer in the world offering the entire value-added chain for the manufacturing of optical disc: The machines range from mastering and injection molding to replication lines. With the set-up of a very deep value-added chain in the past couple of years, SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES was successful in expanding the product range for its customers. Thus, the position of SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES in the optical disc sector remains unique in the world. It is our declared goal to include the new formats HD DVD and Blu-ray disc in this structure as well. Due to the acquisition of STEAG HamaTech in January 2006, SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is also excellently positioned worldwide for machines of once-recordable formats. SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES still regards the market for machines to produce optical discs as its core competence. This segment will also continue to safeguard the cash flow of the company in the future and will be further developed technologically. In addition, new business areas are intended to contribute to sales and earnings in the future. SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, Hanauer Landstrasse 103, D-63796 Kahl/Main, ISIN: DE0007238909, WKN: 723890 For further information please contact: Maren Schuster, Head of Investor Relations, Tel.: + 49 (0) 6188 440 612 Bernhard Krause, Corporate Communications, Tel.: + 49 (0) 6181 98280 20 (c)DGAP 21.04.2006 ————————————————————————— language: English emitter: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG Hanauer Landstrasse 103 63796 Kahl am Main Deutschland phone: +49 (0)6188 440-105 fax: +49 (0)6188 440-110 email: maren.schuster@singulus.de WWW: www.singulus.de ISIN: DE0007238909 WKN: 723890 indexes: stockmarkets: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————