30 July 2010

PC-WARE: Squeeze-out request by "PERUNI" Holding GmbH

"PERUNI" Holding GmbH, Vienna, Austria, today submitted to the Management Board of PC-Ware Information Technologies AG (ISIN DE0006910904, DE000A0YXL20, DE000A1EMBK0) a formal request pursuant to Section 327a (1) of the Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz - AktG) for the General Meeting of Shareholders of PC-Ware Information Technologies AG, Leipzig, to pass a resolution whereby the interests held by other shareholders (minority interests) shall be transferred to "PERUNI" Holding GmbH as the principal shareholder in return for an appropriate cash settlement (so-called "squeeze-out"). "PERUNI" Holding GmbH owns - after deducting the treasury shares held by PC-Ware Information Technologies AG - shares that constitute more than 95% of the share capital of PC-Ware Information Technologies AG. Therefore, it is considered to be the principal shareholder under Section 327a (1) AktG.

The resolution for the transfer of shares is to be passed at the coming Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, which is scheduled to take place in November 2010.

Contact:

PC-Ware Information Technologies AG
Investor Relations
Blochstraße 1
D-04329 Leipzig
Phone: +49 (0)341 25 68-000
ir@pc-ware.de

07 July 2010

Upcoming compensation procedures

Several (former) minority shareholders have instructed ARENDTS ANWÄLTE with their legal representation in compensation procedures (legal challenge of the cash compensation offered by the majority shareholder) with regard to following companies:

- Bibliographisches Institut AG (squeeze-out registered)
- burgbad AG
- COMPUTERLINKS AG
- D+S europe AG (squeeze-out registered)
- ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG (squeeze-out registered)
- HBW Abwicklungs AG i.L.
- IDS Scheer AG (merger with Software AG)
- Maihak AG (squeeze-out registered)
- REAL AG (squeeze-out registered)
- Winkler + Dünnebier AG (squeeze-out registered)

ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG: Entry of squeeze-out resolution into Commercial Register

Düsseldorf, 6 July 2010

The resolution passed by the Annual General Meeting of ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG (ERGO) on 12 May 2010 regarding the transfer of shares from the minority shareholders of ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG to the Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Munich(Munich Re) as the majority shareholder pursuant to Sections 327a et seq. of the German Stock Companies Act (AktG) was recorded in the Company´s
Commercial Register on 5 July 2010.

Now that the resolution on the transfer of shares has been recorded in the Commercial Register, all shares belonging to minority shareholders are transferred to Munich Re by act of law. Details on the payment of the specified cash settlement of 97.72 euros for each bearer share will be announced by Munich Re shortly; publication will be in the electronic Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger) and in the stock market reports.

The market listing of the ERGO shares is expected to be discontinued in the next few days. Any stock market trading which takes place until then will only be trading of the minority shareholders´ cash settlement claims. As the resolution for the transfer of shares has been recorded in the Commercial Register, ERGO shares still recorded in the portfolios of minority shareholders only guarantee the cash settlement claims stated.

Board of Management


Contact:
Dr. Alexander Becker
Tel. +49 211/477-1510

27 June 2010

D+S europe AG: Squeeze-out of minority shareholders implemented

Hamburg, June 25, 2010. The resolution taken at the Annual General Meeting of D+S europe AG of August 27, 2009 on transfer of shares held by the Company´s minority shareholders to Pyramus S.à r.l., based in Luxemburg, Grand Duchy Luxemburg, as principal shareholder (so-called squeeze-out) has been registered in the Commercial Register of the Company and taken effect today.

On registration of the squeeze-out, the shares of minority shareholders are transferred by act of law to Pyramus S.à r.l. which is now the Company´s sole shareholder. Details on payment of compensation in cash to the minority shareholders agreed in the squeeze-out resolution in the amount of EUR 9.87 per no-par share will soon be announced separately by Pyramus S.à r.l. The corresponding announcement will be released in the electronic federalgazette (elektronischer Bundesanzeiger) as well as in the Börsenzeitung.

The shares of D+S europe AG will probably cease to be listed in the next few days. Until then stock exchange trading will only concern handling the cash compensations of minority shareholders, because from the time of registration of the squeeze-out in the Commercial Register the shares of the Company still recorded in the custody accounts will only certify the mentioned compensations in cash.

The registration of the squeeze-out in the Commercial Register was preceded by actions for rescission and for nullification filed against the squeeze out resolution by several shareholders after last year´s Annual General Meeting. After the cases were dismissed in the first instance by judgment of the District Court of Hamburg on May 7, 2010 the claimants abandoned their actions in the course of a recently concluded settlement in court.

11 May 2010

Cash compensation for ALTANA shares fixed at Euro 15.01 per share

SKion GmbH has informed ALTANA AG that it has fixed the cash compensation for the transfer of shares of the remaining shareholders (minority shareholders) of ALTANA to SKion GmbH (Squeeze out) at EUR 15.01 per share. SKion GmbH thereby specifies its request of February 2, 2010 pursuant to section 327a (1) of the German Stock Corporation Act that the ALTANA shareholders' meeting resolves a transfer of the remaining shares to the major shareholder in return for an appropriate cash compensation (squeeze out). At the Annual General Meeting of ALTANA to be held on June 30, 2010 in Duisburg a resolution to this effect is to be passed.

Achim Struchholz, Head of Corporate Communications
ALTANA AG Abelstrasse 43 46483 Wesel Germany
Tel +49 281 670-2460 Fax +49 281 670-1114
Mobile +49 160 8140030
Achim.Struchholz@altana.com

22 March 2010

Klöckner-Werke AG: Request to squeeze out minority shareholders (Articles 327 a ff. German Stock Corporation Act)

Frankfurt/Main, March 10, 2010 - Salzgitter Mannesmann GmbH, Salzgitter, today informed the Management Board of the company that it directly holds 51,851,147 shares of the company and thus 95.776% of the share capital. Salzgitter Mannesmann GmbH addressed a request to the Management Board in line with Article 327a Paragraph 1 (1) of the German Stock Corporation Act to resolve the transfer of the shares of all other shareholders (minority shareholders) to Salzgitter Mannesmann GmbH against the grant of an appropriate cash consideration.

As of yesterday, the volume-weighted, domestic, average price of the companys share in XETRA trading of Deutsche Börse AG over the last three-month-period was EUR14.33. On the basis of a preliminary estimate, Salzgitter Mannesmann GmbH expects that this average stock price will be higher that the cash consideration per share calculated on the basis of the companys enterprise value. For this reason the cash consideration for the shareholders to be squeezed out is expected to be EUR 14.33 per share.

Klöckner-Werke AG will introduce all measures necessary to implement such a squeeze-out procedure. To save costs, the request for transfer should be resolved in the companys Annual General Meeting. For this reason, it is expected that the Annual General Meeting scheduled for July 9, 2010 will be put back to a date in August 2010. The exact date of the Annual General Meeting will be announced shortly.

The Management Board

Contact:
Klöckner-Werke AG
Andrea Spiekermann
Media/Investor Relations
Telefon: 49 (0)69 90026-510
Fax: 49 (0)69 90026-44-510
kommunikationkloecknerwerke.com

12 March 2010

ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG: Squeeze-out cash settlement set at EUR 97,72 per share

Today, Munich-based Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft reconfirmed and specified its request originally made to the ERGO Versicherungsgruppe Aktiengesellschaft Board of Management on 25 November 2009 to offer remaining shareholders (minority shareholders) a cash settlement of EUR 97,72 for each individual bearer no-par share with a partial amount of the nominal capital of EUR 2,60 in return for transferring the remaining shareholders' shares (minority shareholders) of ERGO Versicherungsgruppe Aktiengesellschaft to Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Munich as the principal shareholder pursuant to Sections 327a et seq. of the German Stock Companies Act (squeeze-out).

A resolution on the squeeze-out is to be taken during the Annual General Meeting of the ERGO Versicherungsgruppe Aktiengesellschaft on 12 May 2010, which has not been convened yet.

Düsseldorf, 02 March 2010

Board of Management

Contact:
Dr. Alexander Becker
Tel. +49 211/477-1510

TA Triumph-Adler AG / Squeeze-out: cash settlement set at EUR 1.90 per TA Triumph-Adler AG ordinary share

Nuremberg, March 5, 2010 - As the main shareholder, Kyocera Mita Corporation has announced to the Management Board of TA Triumph-Adler AG that it has set the cash settlement for the transfer of TA Triumph-Adler AG minority shareholders´ shares to Kyocera Mita Corporation as the principal shareholder at EUR 1.90 per ordinary share pursuant to §§ 327a ff. of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) (Squeeze-out). The intended cash settlement price of this squeeze-out procedure is based on a valuation produced by Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Deloitte & Touche GmbH, Düsseldorf. The audit firm Ebner Stolz Mönning Bachem GmbH & Co. KG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, which the District Court of Nuremberg selected and appointed as expert auditor pursuant to § 327c Paragraph 2 Clause 2 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), is currently reviewing the appropriateness of the cash settlement.

The Management Board will now immediately convene an Extraordinary General Meeting for April 20, 2010 in Nuremberg. This meeting will pass a resolution concerning the transfer of the shares of the remaining shareholders (minority shareholders) to Kyocera Mita Corporation as the main shareholder (squeeze- out).

Bearer shares ISIN: DE0007495004, admitted to official trading (Prime Standard) on the Frankfurt stock exchange and on all German
regional exchanges

25 February 2010

Squeeze-out certificate

The squeeze-out certificate (Squeeze-out II Basket), issued by Sal. Oppenheim, contains shares of following German companies (as of 31 December 2009):

- Altana AG
- Anzag
- DAB BANK AG
- D+S Europe AG
- Dyckerhoff Vz
- Dt. Postbank AG
- Generali AG
- Klöckner Werke
- PUMA AG
- Volkswagen Vz

FOCUS Online: current compensation candidates

FOCUS Online listed shares of following ten German companies as candidates for compensation procedures:

- Altana
- Computerlinks
- Dyckerhoff
- Ergo
- Generali Deutschland
- Integralis
- Itelligence
- KLöckner-Werke
- Moksel
- Oldenburgische Landesbank

16 October 2009

Constantin Film AG: Squeeze-out registered

The resolution passed by the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on April 21, 2009 about transferring the shares held by the minority shareholders of Constantin Film AG to Highlight Communications AG, which has its registered office in Pratteln/Switzerland, in return for a cash payment in accordance with §§ 327a ff. of the German Companies Act (AktG) was entered in the Constantin Film AG commercial register on October 07, 2009.

In accordance with § 327e Paragraph 3 Sentence 1 of the AktG, all the shares held by the minority shareholders were transferred to Highlight Communications AG by law when the resolution approving the transfer was entered in the commercial register. Constantin Film AG shares will be delisted soon.

Constantin Film AG
The Mangement Board

Hypo Real Estate Holding AG: Transfer of minority shareholders´ shares comes into effect

Regional Court enters transfer resolution into Commercial Register

Munich, October 13, 2009 - Hypo Real Estate Holding AG: The Regional Court in Munich on October 13, 2009 entered the transfer resolution for the squeeze-out of minority shareholders of Hypo Real Estate AG into the Commercial Register. With this, the transfer of the shares to the Financial Markets Stabilization Fund (SoFFin) takes effect and SoFFin now owns 100 percent of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG. The resolution on the squeeze-out of minority shareholders was passed by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG on Monday, Ocotber 5, 2009.

As a result of the transfer of the shares, the minority shareholders have a claim to a cash settlement payment from SoFFin. This payment has been set at EUR 1.30 per no-par value share by SoFFin. Details regarding the processing and payment of the cash settlement will be announced by SoFFin shortly.

In principle, Hypo Real Estate Holding AG shares can be traded until Deutsche Börse revokes the admission; Deutsche Börse will decide on a sus-pension of trading until the admission is revoked. The share certificates now certify the right to obtain the cash settlement payment of EUR 1.30.

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

LHS Aktiengesellschaft: Squeeze-out cash compensation determined by principal shareholder at EUR 33,89 per share

Frankfurt/Main, October 16, 2009 - E/LHS Acquisition GmbH, Düsseldorf, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Stockholm (Sweden), and principal shareholder of LHS Aktiengesellschaft has today informed the Board of Managing Directors of LHS Aktiengesellschaft that it has determined the cash compensation to be paid for the transfer of the shares held by the minority shareholders of LHS Aktiengesellschaft to E/LHS Acquisition GmbH according to §§ 327a et seq. German Stock Corporation Act ("squeeze-out") at EUR 33,89 per no-par value bearer share.

The squeeze-out shall be resolved upon in an extraordinary shareholders´ meeting of LHS Aktiengesellschaft which will presumably be held on December 21, 2009.

LHS Aktiengesellschaft
The Management Board

ISIN: DE000LHS4000
WKN: LHS400
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart

01 October 2009

BERU AG: Squeeze-out registered in the commercial register

Today, the commercial register of the Local Court (Amtsgericht) of Stuttgart has registered the resolution of the General Meeting of BERU AG of 20 May 2009 on the transfer of the shares of the other shareholders of BERU AG (Minority Shareholders) to BorgWarner Germany GmbH, Ketsch (Principal Shareholder) in return for adequate cash compensation in the amount of EUR 73.39 per share.

Upon registration of the resolution on the transfer of shares in the commercial register, all shares of the Minority Shareholders of BERU AG have been transferred to BorgWarner Germany GmbH by operation of law.

The listing of the shares of BERU AG will be terminated shortly.

Ludwigsburg, September 30, 2009

The Executive Board


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

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.