Corporate | 1 August 2008 10:54
Mutares AG / Acquisition 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Munich, August 1, 2008: The listed Munich based mutares AG buys the French Filtral SARL from the Uvex-Group. Filtral SARL sells and distributes sunglasses under the brands Filtral, elite, Enfandises, LIBERTO, POLAVISION, REVLON, SCARA, UV Sport und x-treme. Most important customers of Filtral SARL are almost all major French supermarket chains. Selling about 1,3 Mio. sunglasses annually the company reaches a market share of ca. 30% in the segment for fashionable and well-priced sunglasses. mutares AG, Munich (www.mutares.de), acquires midsized companies, that are being sold in the course of a repositioning process at their owners and that show a clear operational improvement potential. Getting engaged with its own teams, mutares actively supports its portfolio companies to achieve a clear value increase. The focus of the operational work is to ensure sustainable, long-term growth. Since June 10, 2008, mutares AG stocks are being listed in the Open Market segment of the Frankfurt stock exchange (symbol: MUX, ISIN: DE000A0SMSH2). Contact: mutares AG Susanne Staudt Investor Relations & Communications Tel. +49 (0)89 9292776-0 Fax +49 (0)89 9292776-22 info@mutares.de 01.08.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP ----------------------------------------------------------------------