AUTEV AG
Strategic financial investor strengthens investment in AUTEV AG
AUTEV AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous
– 100,000 new shares issued via convertible bond – Armin Burger is biggest individual shareholder with around 9.1% – Support for the adopted growth strategy Brandenburg an der Havel, 21 August 2012 – AUTEV AG has announced that its new strategic financial investor from Austria, Armin Burger, has acquired 100,000 AUTEV AG shares through the conversion of a convertible bond. With share capital of EUR1,097,960, this corresponds to a share of approximately 9.1%, making Armin Burger the biggest individual shareholder of AUTEV AG. Further major individual interests are held by IT Consulting GmbH (4.0%), COMplus Automation GmbH (2.5%), Complus AG (1.5%), COM-plus Service GmbH (0.9%) and directly by AUTEV AG's management with 3.0%. 79% of the AUTEV shares are attributed to the free float.* With his investment in AUTEV AG, Armin Burger is confirming his confidence in AUTEV's business model and the company's positive future prospects, which can be seen particularly in the fast-growing LED segment. The Management Board
* as of August 2012, as reported to AUTEV AG
About AUTEV AG Over the years, AUTEV AG has developed into a high-performance and international engineering and service company. The company also strives to technology and market leadership in new fields. This approach allowed it to successfully enter the market for energy-saving and CO2-reducing lighting technology. After two years of research, AUTEV AG successfully launched the AuLED – innovative and energy-saving street and industrial premises lighting based on state-of-the-art LED technology already being widely used. Further information on AUTEV AG can be found at www.autev.de
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