Ad-hoc | 4 July 2006 17:32

AT & S General Assembly authorizes prolongation of the share repurchase program

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Today’s 12th General Assembly of AT&S decided the prolongation of the authorization to buy back shares. The Board of Management decided therefore to resume the buy-back program. AT&S has the right to repurchase up to 10% of the authorized share capital (2.59 million shares minus 480.000 shares already held) within the next 18 month. The share repurchase will be carried out through Xetra in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EC) 2273/2003. AT&S intends to use the repurchased shares either to reduce the share capital or to service its share option scheme. Regular updates on the progress of the share repurchase scheme are posted on the AT&S homepage www.ats.net (see under investor relations). Furthermore the General Assembly decided a dividend of EUR 0,29 per share. Ex-Day is the 6 July 2006. The dividend will be paid on July 26. The results for the first quarter of AT&S will be published on July 27. For more information please contact René Berger, IRO, Tel. +43 (1) 68300 9215, e-mail: r.berger@ats.net, or see www.ats.net. (c)DGAP 04.07.2006 ————————————————————————— Language: English Issuer: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG Fabriksgasse 13 8700 Leoben Österreich Phone: +43 (1) 3842 200-0 Fax: +43 (1) 3842 200-216 E-mail: ir@ats.net WWW: www.ats.net ISIN: AT0000969985 WKN: 922230 Indices: TecDAX Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————