29 September 2009

Warning against James B. Clarke & Co. Ltd.

(Vienna, August 26, 2009)

Pursuant to section 92 para 11 of the Wertpapieraufsichtsgesetz 2007 (WAG; Securities Supervision Act), Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA) has the right to inform the general public, in individual cases by way of announcement on the Internet, in the official gazette “Amtsblatt zur Wiener Zeitung” or any other official paper with nationwide circulation, that a particular company is not entitled to provide certain financial services (section 3 para 2 nos. 1 to 4 WAG 2007).

By publication in the official gazette “Amtsblatt zur Wiener Zeitung” of 26 August 2009, the FMA is exercising this right and warns against financial service transactions requiring a licence with the following provider:

James B. Clarke & Co Ltd.
Manuel Ma. Icaza St. and 51. St.
P.H. Magna Corp. Building
Floor 7, Office #722
Panama City
Panama
Tel.: +800-8655-1111
+34 91 1877642
www.jbc.site90.com
jbc-madrid@jbc-co.com
services@jbc-co.com

This provider does not possess a licence issued by the FMA to provide investment services in Austria. Therefore, it is neither allowed to provide investment advice regarding financial instruments, nor portfolio management, i.e. managing portfolios for individual customers who authorise a room for manoeuvre, provided that the customer portfolio contains one or several financial instruments. Furthermore, the provider is also not entitled to accept or transmit transactions, provided that such activity involves one or several financial instruments.

08 September 2009

Bosch Solar Energy AG (formerly ersol Solar Energy AG): Squeeze-out registered in the commercial register

The commercial register of the Local Court (Amtsgericht) of Jena has registered the resolution of the General Meeting of Bosch Solar Energy AG (formerly ersol Solar Energy AG) of 23 July 2009 on the transfer of the shares of the other shareholders of Bosch Solar Energy AG (Minority Shareholders) to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (Principal Shareholder) in return for adequate cash compensation in the amount of EUR 102.77 per share.

Upon registration of the resolution on the transfer of shares in the commercial register, all shares of the Minority Shareholders of Bosch Solar Energy AG have been transferred to Robert Bosch GmbH by operation of law.

The listing of the shares of Bosch Solar Energy AG will be terminated shortly.

Erfurt, 7 September 2009

The Management Board


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Several (now former) minority shareholders have instructed ARENDTS ANWÄLTE with their legal representation.