technotrans AG / Legal Matter/Scheme of Arrangement 25.09.2009 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baldwin Germany GmbH, Friedberg, as the plaintiff and technotrans AG, Sassenberg, as the defendant have agreed an out-of-court settlement to terminate the proceedings that have been continuing for a number of years in connection with the infringement of a patent. technotrans is to pay an amount of EUR 6.5 million (approx. USD 9.6 million) in compensation to Baldwin. In return, Baldwin undertakes to declare the proceedings before the Düsseldorf district court in respect of the amount as settled. The Boards of Management of both parties have reached the conclusion that this solution is in the best interests of both companies. This settlement will reduce technotrans AG's operating result for the third quarter of 2009 by the difference between the figure in question and the corresponding provision (EUR 3.7 million at December 31, 2008). Contact: Thessa Roderig, Investor Relations technotrans AG, phone +49 2583 301-1887 25.09.2009 |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap.de"|]Financial News transmitted by DGAP|[/a|]]]|] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: technotrans AG Robert-Linnemann-Str. 17 48336 Sassenberg Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)2583 - 301 - 1000 Fax: +49 (0)2583 - 301 - 1030 E-mail: info@technotrans.de Internet: http://www.technotrans.de ISIN: DE000A0XYGA7 WKN: A0XYGA Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Hamburg, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: technotrans AG: Baldwin and technotrans end patent dispute
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