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Ad Hoc Release according to section 15 of the Securities Trading Act Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Winter AG and Trüb AG agree to strategic cooperation Reciprocal shareholding planned Olching near Munich, 16 July 2003. Frankfurt Prime Standard listed chipcard manufacturer Winter AG and Trüb AG have agreed to strategic cooperation in a letter of intent. This lays the foundation for future cooperation. A reciprocal shareholding is planned for the future; no further information will be given about the details of the deal at this point in time. In Switzerland Trüb AG is a leading producer of bankcards, chipcards and identification cards. The group achieved sales of 64 million Swiss francs and cash flow of over 10% of sales in the prior year. Both companies ought to remain individually active in their respective national markets, under current management. Winter and Trüb both want to strengthen their market positions through significant synergies. Planned common activities include sharing R&D activities and optimising current card production methods and common sales activities outside of their respective core German (Winter AG) and Swiss (Trüb AG) sales markets. ISIN Winter AG: DE0005555601 Contact: Winter AG / Susan Hoffmeister-Byrne / Investor Relations / Hermann-Böcker Str. 19-25 / 82140 Neu-Esting / Tel.: 08142 303 285, Fax: 08142 303 173 Email: susan.hoffmeister@winter-ag.com / http://www.winter-ag.com end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 16.07.2003 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 555560; ISIN: DE0005555601; Index: Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin- Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart 160731 Jul 03