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Ad-hoc Announcement by TA Triumph-Adler AG, as Stipulated by Article 15 WpHG
Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Strategic partnership of Kyocera and Triumph-Adler
Kyoto, Nuremberg, 08.10.2003: Kyocera Mita and Triumph-Adler have announced
their intention to expand their joint business relations extensively.
The Kyocera Corporation of Japan, with its headquarters in Kyoto, posted sales
of $ 8.9 billion in the previous fiscal year and is via Kyocera Mita one of the
world’s leading manufacturers of digital copiers and printing systems. With the
brands TA Triumph-Adler and UTAX as well as its nationwide sales and service
organization, Triumph-Adler is the leading manufacturer-independent provider of
such systems in Germany.
The agreed strategic alliance specifies that Triumph-Adler, the most important
European corporate partner of Kyocera Mita, is to market the whole Kyocera Mita
product range under the TA Triumph-Adler and UTAX brands in Germany and other
European countries. Triumph-Adler will be able to influence the product
development of Kyocera Mita for the European market. The marketing activities of
Triumph-Adler are to be expanded significantly with the support of Kyocera. The
basis of this partnership is a long-term distribution contract.
Kyocera will underpin the strategic alliance with the acquisition of a 25%
shareholding in TA Triumph-Adler AG; this transaction is subject to cartel
authorities approval.
Koji Seki, President of Kyocera Mita Corporation, described the partnership
agreed as a “historic milestone for Kyocera in Europe”, and added that “along
with Triumph-Adler, we shall grow our market share considerably and increase the
quality of our services for our customers even further.”
Dr. Dietmar Scheiter, CEO of TA Triumph-Adler AG, emphasized the “long-term,
secured access to Kyocera’s cost-efficient ECOSYS printing technology, which we
consider is superior to competitors product technology. With the extension of
marketing options to other markets and the marketing support of Kyocera,
Triumph-Adler will expand its business volume considerably in the next few
years.”
end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 08.10.2003
Issuer’s information/explanatory remarks concerning this ad-hoc-announcement:
Further details can be obtained from: TA Triumph-Adler AG, Corporate
Communication / IR, Phone: +49/89/641902-58, Fax: +49/89/641902-90, Mailing
address: TA Triumph-Adler AG, Implerstrasse 11, D-81371 Munich, Germany,
presse@triumph-adler.de, http://www.triumph-adler.de
Brief corporate profile:
TA Triumph-Adler AG was transformed into a tightly focused distribution and
service business with a leading franchise in the future market of digital office
communication.
Triumph-Adler Experts at Output distributes and services output solution
products (sales in FY 2002: EUR 408 m). This comprises the segments Imaging
(products for copying, printing, and faxing) as well as Presentation and Media
Technology (products for professional presentation).
Triumph-Adler Experts at Output is in the segment Imaging market leader in
Germany. The segment Presentation and Media Technology has reached a market
leading position in Europe. The target is to extend this strong market position
Europe-wide by organic growth and acquisitions.
Important Information:
This press statement contains forward-looking statements that are based on the
assumptions and estimations of the management of TA Triumph-Adler AG. Even
though the management believes that these assumptions and estimations are
correct, the actual future development and the actual future results of these
assumptions and estimations may deviate materially owing to many different
factors. These factors could include, for example, a change in the overall
economic situation, exchange rates, interest rates as well as changes in the
development of the market and changes to the competitive situation arising from
technological change. TA Triumph-Adler AG undertakes no guarantee that the
future development and the future results actually achieved will match the
assumptions and estimations expressed in this press statement, nor does it
assume any liability in this regard.
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