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Roth & Rau AG entered today into a Business Combination Agreement with Meyer Burger Technology AG

Roth & Rau AG  / Key word(s): Mergers & Acquisitions

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Roth & Rau AG entered today into a Business Combination Agreement with
Meyer Burger Technology AG

Hohenstein-Ernstthal, April 11, 2011 - Roth & Rau AG entered today into a
Business Combination Agreement with Meyer Burger Technology AG,
headquartered in Baar, Switzerland. According to the terms of the Business
Combination Agreement, AB 13/10 Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH (future name: MBT
Systems GmbH), a subsidiary of Meyer Burger Technology AG, informed us
today, that MBT Systems GmbH had decided to offer the shareholders of Roth
& Rau AG to acquire their bearer shares against cash payment of EUR 22.00
per share by a public take-over offer.

Further, Dr. Dietmar Roth informed us that he and the founding families on
April 10, 2011 had disposed of all shares held by them in Roth & Rau AG
partially to Meyer Burger Technology AG against shares in Meyer Burger
Technology AG and partially to AB 13/10 Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH (future
name: MBT Systems GmbH) against payment in cash.


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Language:     English
Company:      Roth & Rau AG
              An der Baumschule 6-8
              09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal
              Deutschland
Phone:        03723 6685-0
Fax:          03723 6685-100
E-mail:       info@roth-rau.de
Internet:     www.roth-rau.de
ISIN:         DE000A0JCZ51
WKN:          A0JCZ5
Indices:      TecDAX
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart
 
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