Corporate | 3 April 2009 14:53
AURELIUS AG / Disposal Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Sale after realignment - Majority takeover by Swiss GIK Group Munich, 3 April 2009. After realignment, Munich-based industrial holding AURELIUS today sold the majority of its subsidiary RSG Media Holding Ltd., holding company of Richard Scherpe Group, to a financial investor. Swiss GIK GmbH plans to successfully develop the leading specialty printers of cardboard and adhesive labels and expand its market position. Richard Scherpe Group became part of the AURELIUS Group in August 2006. As a niche player in the highly competitive market for printing services, the company was consequently focused on the needs of a consolidating market. Dr. Dirk Markus, CEO of AURELIUS, comments the sale: 'A commitment to a specialty printer like Scherpe represents a challenge in the current market environment. With GIK, we have now found an investor, who will continue to successfully develop the company. The sale enables us to focus our management capacities on other issues. ' For further information on AURELIUS please contact: Ingo Middelmenne Investor Relations & Corporate Communications Phone +49 (89) 544799 56 Fax +49 (89) 544799 55 ingo.middelmenne@aureliusinvest.de About AURELIUS AG Munich-based AURELIUS AG acquires medium-sized companies and subsidiaries that no longer belong to the core business of their previous owners. AURELIUS also takes over companies with complex initial structures and actively continues to develop them. With the aid of a specialized task force, the company raises the value-added potential of its subsidiaries for the benefit of all involved while at the same time observing the associated social responsibility. The shares of AURELIUS AG are traded on the open market of the Frankfurt stock exchange (ISIN: DE000A0JK2A8). About GIK GmbH GIK group with headquarters in Herisau (Switzerland) is a majority investor in Europe-based SMEs with a healthy core operating in a stable market. It aims to sustainably maximize the enterprise value of its subsidiary companies through operational and financial strengthening. The management team of GIK is well experienced in leading mid-sized companies. GIK also offers institutional and private investors an opportunity of co-investments in SMEs. 03.04.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP ----------------------------------------------------------------------