Matica Technologies AG / Key word(s): Capital Increase 10.02.2015 16:49 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Publication according to article 19, paragraph 1(c) of the Law on listed company by the Deutsche Börse AG for the free circulation on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Matica Technologies AG decides on a capital increase upon contribution in kind and in cash for the purchase of the still not owned participation in Matica System S.p.A. Esslingen am Neckar, February 10th, 2015 - Today Management Board and Supervisory Board of Matica Technologies AG (ISIN code: DE 000A0JELZ5) have resolved to immediately call a Shareholders' Meeting of the Company, which shall decide on the increase of the share capital of the Company till ca. 18.5 Mio Euro upon contribution in kind and in cash, with shareholders' subscription right. The new shares are entitled to dividends effective from January 1st, 2015. Subject of such contribution is the participation equal to 82% of the mother company, still not owned by Matica Technologies AG. The mother company, Matica System S.p.A., Novara/Italy, will be contributed into Matica Technologies AG by its current shareholders, the private equity fund HFX S.A., Luxembourg, and the company Katakana S.A., Lugano/Switzerland (former Gruppo Matica) upon the granting of about 13.3 Mio new shares. In order to have a proportionate participation to the share capital till ca 5.2 Mio Euro, the current shareholders of the Company are being offered the possibility to subscribe new shares, at the same conditions of the current shareholders of Matica System S.p.A., in the framework of the subscription right. Subscription ratio will be 2:5 (e.g. two old shares give entitlement to the subscription of 5 new shares), subscription price will be 2.23 Euro per each new subscribed share, the same subscription price of the current shareholders of Matica System S.p.A.. The new indirectly acquired shares of ca. 5.32 Mio Euro, resulted from the purchase of the remaining participation into Matica System should be subject, after the implementation of the capital increase, to a simplified capital decrease, to be carried out within the end of the year. On this matter, as well as on the establishment of a new approved share capital amounting to Euro 7.7, the Shareholders' Meeting will decide. The calling of the Shareholders' Meeting will be published in the next days. Matica System manufactures Secure ID printers and card personalization system, and is a worldwide distributor of all its products in over 100 countries. Matica develops and produces tailor-made solutions and offers a wide range of products, from desktop solutions to high performance and high volume systems, with all related software and firmware. Matica is present on different markets: from finance to ID cards, transport and RFID, as well as telecommunications, with branches in Italy, France, UAE, Singapore, China, and the US. Management Board and Supervisory Board of the Company expect a long row of synergies and competition advantages, to be deriving from the contribution of Matica System. In particular, the Company wins a well-experienced R&D team, composed by about 40 engineers, and its own production. In the past, Matica Technologies was completely depending from third-part suppliers. Moreover, the purchase of such participation allows the Company to widen its product offering. In the future, the product range will go from printers to desktop solutions, from midrange and central issuing systems to mailers. 10.02.2015 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Matica Technologies AG Teckstraße 52 73734 Esslingen Germany Phone: +49 (0)711 341 689 0 Fax: +49 (0)711 341 689 550 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.maticatech.com ISIN: DE000A0JELZ5 WKN: A0JELZ Listed: Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart; Frankfurt in Open Market (Entry Standard) End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------