Press Release

Meyer Burger public tender offer of Roth & Rau AG – Antitrust clearance by the Chinese antitrust authorities received

Final condition of the public tender offer fulfilled; settlement of the tender offer and payment of the offer price anticipated to be effected on 9 August 2011.

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd [Ticker: MBTN] published today that the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China confirmed in writing the antitrust clearance of the takeover of Roth & Rau AG by Meyer Burger Technology Ltd and the associated merging of the two companies.
The antitrust clearance by the Chinese antitrust authorities was the final condition that had remained open in the public tender offer. This is also fulfilled now. The settlement of the tender offer and the payment of the offer price is expected to take place on 9 August 2011.
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