DGAP-Adhoc: VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG:VERBIO secures 25.2 per cent of Neckermann Renewables Wittenberg GmbH

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VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG / Miscellaneous

27.01.2009 

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Zörbig/Leipzig, 27 January 2008 – VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG (VERBIO)
has acquired 25.2 per cent of Neckermann Renewables Wittenberg GmbH,
Wittenberg.

The shares were acquired by exercising an option right. It was agreed not
to disclose the purchase price.

By taking a stake in Neckermann Renewables Wittenberg GmbH, VERBIO – as one
of the largest regional processors of rapeseed oil – now has access to the
oil mill in Wittenberg, which enables 500,000 tonnes of rapeseed to be
processed each year. This corresponds to a production capacity of 200,000
tons of rapeseed oil per year. VERBIO intends with the investment to
further improve its own provision with rapeseed oil.


Contact

VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG
Anna-Maria Schneider
Investor Relations
Augustusplatz 9    
04109 Leipzig     
Phone: +49 (0) 341 30 85 30 94   
Fax: +49 (0) 341 30 85 30 98   
Email: ir@verbio.de 
www.verbio.de



Information on VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG
The VERBIO Group is one of the leading producers and suppliers of biofuels
and also the only industrial-scale producer of biodiesel and bioethanol in
Europe. Nominal capacity currently amounts to around 450,000 tons of
biodiesel and 300,000 tons of bioethanol per year. The company has
developed its own processes and innovative technologies for the production
of biodiesel and bioethanol. It supplies its products directly to European
mineral oil corporations, mineral oil traders, independent gas stations and
haulage companies. VERBIO AG also markets high-quality pharmaglycerin for
the consumer goods and cosmetic industries (glycerine is a by-product of
biodiesel production). Within the Group, VERBIO AG acts as the management
holding company. The Group’s operating business is run by its subsidiaries:
VERBIO Diesel Bitterfeld GmbH & Co. KG, VERBIO Diesel Schwedt GmbH & Co.
KG, VERBIO Ethanol Zörbig GmbH & Co. KG, VERBIO Ethanol Schwedt GmbH & Co.
KG and VERBIO STS AG.
DGAP 27.01.2009 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG
              Augustusplatz 9
              04109 Leipzig
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)341 30 85 30 90
Fax:          +49 (0)341 30 85 30 98
E-mail:       ir@verbio.de
Internet:     www.verbio.de
ISIN:         DE000A0JL9W6
WKN:          A0JL9W
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München
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