Ad-hoc | 19 January 2006 03:16

WashTec AG Enters into an Agreement to Acquire Mark VII Equipment, LLC.

WashTec AG / Key word(s): Acquisition

19.01.2006 / 03:16

Augsburg, January 19, 2006 – WashTec AG has announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets and liabilities of Mark VII Equipment LLC, Arvada, Colorado, USA, a US manufacturer of car wash equipment. According to WashTec market research, Mark VII is the third largest manufacturer of car wash equipment in the USA. The seller is an institutional investor. The purchase price will be up to US$ 25 million, depending on Mark VII’s 2005 EBITDA. It includes an earn-out component of up to US$ 2 million, which is dependent, among other factors, on Mark VII’s sales growth in 2006 and 2007. The purchase price will be 6.2 times the company’s expected 2005 EBITDA. The acquisition will be financed by the existing syndicate of banks of the WashTec group. Mark VII manufactures a full range of touch free car wash systems and is also the exclusive US distributor of WashTec friction rollover machines. The company’s US-wide distribution network has achieved steady sales growth over the past years. Sales of approximately US$ 40 million are projected for 2005. The company has generated positive operating results in the past years. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter 2006.

WashTec AG, Argonstr. 7, 86153 Augsburg ISIN: DE0007507501
Listed: Official market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); OTC market in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Munich and Stuttgart

Contact:
Karoline Kalb, Investor Relations
Jürgen Lauer, CFO

WashTec AG
Argonstraße 7
86153 Augsburg

Tel.: +49 (0)821 – 55 84 – 0
Fax: +49 (0)821 – 55 84 – 12 06
Mobil: +49 175 – 4302025

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Language:	English
Company:	WashTec AG
	Argonstraße 7
	86153 Augsburg
	Germany
Phone:	+49 (0)821 55 84-0
Fax:	+49 (0)821 55 84-1135
E-mail:	washtec@washtec.de
Internet:	www.washtec.de
ISIN:	DE0007507501
WKN:	750750
Listed:	Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart

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