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Pfleiderer AG: Pfleiderer Submits Takeover Bid for Pergo



    Pfleiderer AG will announce today a voluntary takeover offer (the
    'Offer') for all of the shares in Pergo AB (publ.). Pfleiderer AG will
    submit the Offer via its indirectly wholly owned subsidiary Pfleiderer
    Sweden AB at an offer price of SEK 51 in cash per share in Pergo.
    Currently, 53,569,685 shares in Pergo are outstanding. Accordingly,
    the total value of the offer amounts to SEK 2,732 million (approx. EUR
    300 million). The shares in Pergo are listed in the Mid Cap
    Industrials sector of the Nordic Stock Exchange under symbol 'PERG'.

    The Offer represents a premium of 13.6 per cent compared to the
    closing price of the Pergo share on 11 January 2007 of SEK 44.9 and a
    premium of 17.2 per cent compared to the volume weighted average price
    of SEK 43.5 during the last 20 trading days prior to the suspension of
    trading of the Pergo share on 12 January 2007 which preceded the
    announcement of the Offer.

    The board of directors of Pergo has unanimously recommended Pergo
    shareholders' to accept the Offer. In addition, Pfleiderer Sweden AB
    has received irrevocable undertakings to accept the Offer from major
    shareholders of Pergo together representing 41.9 % of the shares in
    Pergo.

    The Offer contains the usual conditions and among them the
    condition that the Offer should be accepted by at least 90 % of the
    total number of shares in Pergo as well as the receipt of all
    necessary anti-trust approvals. Pfleiderer Sweden AB may waive
    conditions partially or entirely. The acceptance period for the Offer
    is expected to begin during the week commencing 29 January 2007 and
    run for about four weeks. Subject to the approval of the anti-trust
    authorities the settlement of the Offer is expected to begin about a
    week after the end of the acceptance period.

    The Pfleiderer cash offer is fully financed. Pfleiderer AG will
    issue today a press release in compliance with Swedish and other
    applicable laws and regulations. This press release will be publicly
    available in the internet under www.pfleiderer.com. The offer document
    will be made available in the internet at a later point in time.

    This announcement does not constitute an invitation to purchase
    any securities pursuant to the Offer or otherwise. The Offer will be
    made solely by the offer documents, which will contain the full terms
    and conditions of the Offer, including details of how the Offer may be
    accepted.

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    Pfleiderer AG Management board

    Contact:

    PFLEIDERER AG
    Gala Conrad
    Leiterin Unternehmenskommunikation/ Investor Relations
    Tel.: + 49 (0) 91 81 / 28 - 8491
    Fax: + 49 (0) 91 81 / 28 - 606
    E-Mail: gala.conrad@pfleiderer.com

    Richard Berg
    Telefon.: + 49 (0)9181 / 28 - 8044
    Fax: + 49 (0)9181 / 28 - 606
    E-Mail: richard.berg@pfleiderer.com

    Language: English
    Issuer: Pfleiderer AG
    Ingolstadter Strasse 51 93218
    Neumarkt Deutschland
    Phone: +49 (0)9181 28 - 8491
    Fax: +49 (0)9181 28 - 606
    E-mail: gala.conrad@pfleiderer.com
    WWW: www.pfleiderer.com
    ISIN: DE0006764749
    WKN: 676474
    Indices:
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    Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munchen, Stuttgart
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