Jenoptik AG: Major traffic safety order of more than 12 million euros received. Capital increase of up to 5,203,464 new shares approved.

Jenoptik AG / Capital Increase

09.03.2010 18:45

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Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG of JENOPTIK Aktiengesellschaft,
Jena (ISIN DE0006229107)

Major traffic safety order of more than 12 million euros received. 
Capital increase of up to 5,203,464 new shares approved.

Jena, March 9, 2010 - 
This afternoon, the Jenoptik Group has received a major order in the sum of
more than 12 million euros for traffic surveillance systems and units
outside Europe. The systems and units are to be delivered and installed
still this year and therefore are expected to contribute in full to sales
and earnings in 2010. The contract also includes services related to the
systems.

In order to finance this and other expected orders in this business area as
well as the further growth of the Jenoptik Group, the Executive Board of
JENOPTIK Aktiengesellschaft, Jena (ISIN DE0006229107), has resolved to
increase the Company's share capital through partial use of authorized
capital by up to EUR 13,529,006.40 by issuing up to 5,203,464 new bearer
shares (shares with no par value), corresponding to approximately up to
10.0 percent of the current share capital, against cash payment.
Shareholders' subscription rights will be excluded.

In addition to the financing of major orders in the area of traffic safety,
the proceeds from the capital increase will be used to expand the global
presence, in particular of the laser business in Asia and North America by
establishing additional laser application centers. This will be made
primarily as a result of the success of the laser application center which
was recently opened in South Korea. In addition, smaller and targeted
acquisitions should contribute to increase the Group's profitability as
well as to round-up both product portfolio and value-added chain.

The Company's Supervisory Board approved the decision through its Capital
Market Committee. The new shares will be admitted for trading without a
prospectus in the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the
sub-segment thereof with additional postadmission obligations (Prime
Standard). The shares will also be traded on the regional stock exchanges
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich and Stuttgart and are
eligible for dividends from January 1, 2009.

The new shares will be offered to qualified investors in Germany and abroad
via an accelerated bookbuilding process, which will start today. The
present major shareholders ECE Industriebeteiligungen GmbH and VARIS
Vermögensverwaltung GmbH intend to participate in the capital increase.

JENOPTIK Aktiengesellschaft
Executive Board

Contact: IR, Steffen Schneider, Phone/Fax 03641-652244/2484;
www.jenoptik.de

This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of
an offer to buy securities. In particular, this document constitutes
neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to purchase
securities in the United States. The shares in JENOPTIK Aktiengesellschaft
(the 'Shares') may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for
the account or benefit of 'U. S. persons' (as such term is defined in
Regulation S under the U. S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
'Securities Act')) absent registration or an exemption from registration
under the Securities Act. The Shares have not been and will not be
registered under the Securities Act. There will be no public offering of
Shares in the United States.


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Language:     English
Company:      Jenoptik AG
              Carl-Zeiss-Straße 1
              7739 Jena
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)364 165-0
Fax:          +49 (0)364 165-2484
E-mail:       ir@jenoptik.com
Internet:     www.jenoptik.com
ISIN:         DE0006229107
WKN:          622910
Indices:      TecDAX
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Hamburg
 
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