Ad-hoc | 27 September 2005 07:53

STRATEC Biomedical Systems AG Plans Equity Placement

Ad hoc announcement §15 WpHG Intented Corporate Action STRATEC Biomedical Systems AG Plans Equity Placement Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— STRATEC Plans Equity Placement Birkenfeld, September 27, 2005 STRATEC Biomedical Systems AG intends to place up to 329.989 new shares with institutional investors within the framework of a private placement. The Management and Supervisory Boards of STRATEC today resolved to increase the share capital of the company by partly drawing on authorized capital and against contributions in cash. The capital increase is to be undertaken to the exclusion of shareholders’ subscription rights. In parallel to the capital increase, institutional investors will be offered up to 263.992 shares from the holdings of the founder’s family. The transaction will be accompanied by WestLB AG. The proceeds from the capital increase are to be used to capitalize on existing and future expansion opportunities. In particular, the proceeds are to be channeled into the financing of existing and future development partnerships, as well as into the further development of the proven platform concept on which two of STRATEC’s most successful families of analyzer systems are based. Moreover, this measure is intended to serve to access further growth markets and to strengthen the company’s liquidity base. To ensure a timely delivery of shares to new investors, WestLB AG has entered into share loan agreements with members of the founder’s family. STRATEC Biomedical Systems AG Gewerbestraße 37 75217 Birkenfeld Deutschland ISIN: DE0007289001 WKN: 728900 Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard) und Stuttgart (Gate-M); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf und München End of ad hoc announcement (c)DGAP 27.09.2005 Issuer’s information/explanatory remarks concerning this ad hoc announcement: This announcement is not being issued in the United States of America and should not be distributed to persons in the United States or to publications with a general circulation in the United States. This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States, neither does it represent a request for the submission of bids for the purchase of securities in the United States. The securities offered have not been and are not intended to be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, and may not be offered for sale or sold in the United States in the absence of such registration unless a corresponding exemption has been obtained. Moreover, this announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale or a request for the submission of bids for the purchase of securities in such countries or jurisdictions where the respective legal provisions governing the trading of securities do not permit such offer for sale or request for the submission of bids for the purchase of securities, or the sale of securities, without prior registration or approval. About STRATEC STRATEC Biomedical Systems AG (http://www.stratec-biomedical.de) designs and manufactures fully automated systems for its partners in the fields of clinical diagnostics and biotechnology. These partners market such systems together with their own reagents to laboratories and research institutes around the world. The company develops its products on the basis of its own patented technologies. Shares in the company (WKN: 728900 / ISIN: DE0007289001) are traded in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, in the trading segment Gate-M of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange and on other exchanges. The STRATEC group comprises the listed holding company “STRATEC Biomedical Systems AG” as well as the wholly owned subsidiaries “STRATEC NewGen GmbH” and “Robion AG”. Further information can be obtained from: STRATEC Biomedical Systems AG Investor Relations André Loy Gewerbestrasse 37 75217 Birkenfeld Germany Tel:+49 (0)7082 7916-190 Fax:+49 (0)7082 7916-999 E-Mail: ir@stratec-biomedical.de End of message (c)DGAP 270753 Sep 05