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Accu Holding intends to undertake a capital increase as well as an increase in authorized and conditional capital.

Emmenbrücke, February 17, 2016 - Accu Holding AG (Accu), a leading company in the field of industrial yarns and surface technology, is on the point of accomplishing an ordinary capital increase and simultaneously increase the authorized and conditional capital to 50% of the registered share capital. This additional step will allow Accu to preserve its flexibility going forward. Those capital transactions will be subject to shareholders' approval in the course of an extraordinary general assembly on the 15^th of March 2016. The size of the capital increase as well as the subscription price will be published shortly before the assembly.

Proceeds out of this capital market transaction will be used for further acquisitions and reduction of debt. The ordinary capital increase consists of debt-to-equity swap in the amount of CHF 5.4m. At present, those liabilities are committed by strategic partners and financial institutions. Besides this, new shares to be issued in the ordinary capital increase shall be paid up in cash and existing shareholders shall be granted pre-emptive rights. Any rights of shareholders not exercised within the context of this capital increase will be held available for new investors. There will be no trading of the pre-emptive rights.

Contact:

Andreas Kratzer
Accu Holding AG
Gerliswilstrasse 17
6020 Emmenbrücke
a.kratzer@accuholding.ch
Phone +41 44 318 88 00

Accu Holding AG - Company Profile
The Accu Holding AG is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange with its headquarter in Emmenbrücke/Lucerne. It focuses on the two business areas 'Industrial Yarns' and 'Surface Technology' and investing in leading technology companies that operate in attractive market niches in Europe, Asia and America. Industrial yarns encompasses the development and manufacturing of yarns based on polymer and polyamide. These yarns are used in applications such as mechanical rubber goods (MRG) such as conveyor belts, hoses and transmission belts, as well as for the production of ropes and nets used for example in the manufacture of airbags and tires. The business unit of surface technology includes the equipment manufacturer of heat treatment and coating equipment and the operation of heat treatment shops and high-tech thin-coating centres of the latest generation. These high-quality products are manufactured in Europe and the US for niche markets in the automotive, aerospace, medical, petroleum, process and manufacturing industries.

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