Ad-hoc | 17 December 2003 09:40

Carl Zeiss Meditec takes over software specialist

Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Carl Zeiss Meditec AG takes over its longstanding alliance partner and software specialist hiko medical communications GmbH, headquartered in Pirmasens. The respective contracts were signed today by both sides. hiko medical communications GmbH currently employs a workforce of 40 and specialises in the development of medical software solutions. It markets a successful product under the name of VISUPAC, which enables filing and management of diagnostic and treatment data by eyecare specialists and clinics. This technology can be integrated into practice and clinic management systems that manage, for example, patient and accounting data. Furthermore, hiko has an efficient team of development, marketing and service specialists at its disposal. For the financial year 2003 (ending 31 December) hiko communications GmbH anticipates total sales of EUR 7 million and an estimated EBIT margin of 9%. With the takeover Carl Zeiss Meditec is securing the necessary resources and know-how for networking its devices and systems. On this basis the company’s equipment and systems business is to be expanded to include special cross- platform software solutions for the field of ophthalmology. Contact: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jens Brajer/Investor Relations, Goeschwitzer Str. 51 – 52, Phone +49 (0)3641-220-105, Fax: +49 (0)3641-220-117, E-mail: investors@meditec.zeiss.com end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 17.12.2003 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 531370; ISIN: DE0005313704; Index: Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin- Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart 170940 Dez 03