Exceet Group SE: Sale of AEMtec GmbH, Berlin

DGAP-Ad-hoc: exceet Group SE / Key word(s): Disposal/Disposal exceet Group SE: Sale of AEMtec GmbH, Berlin 25-Sep-2018 / 15:57 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Ad hoc Announcement Sale of AEMtec GmbH, Berlin Grevenmacher, 25 September 2018 - exceet Group AG, a company of the exceet Group, signed today a contract with Mellifera Neunundzwanzigste Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH to sell its subsidiary AEMtec GmbH. The buyer is controlled by capiton V GmbH & Co. KG, a fund of the private equity firm capiton. The micro- and optoelectronics business AEMtec GmbH, headquartered in Berlin, is part of exceet's business segment "Electronic Components, Modules & Systems (ECMS)". The completion of the transaction is subject to clearance by the appropriate cartel authorities. The agreed purchase price amounts to approx. EUR 86.0 million and will increase exceet's net cash position (available cash less interest bearing liabilities) after transaction costs to about EUR 105.0 million after completion of the transaction. Based on the IFRS accounting standard, AEMtec GmbH generated revenues of EUR 46.5 million and an operating profit (EBITDA)1) of EUR 8.0 million in the financial year 2017. Without AEMtec GmbH's activities, the exceet Group would have reported the following results in the first half-year 2018: (In EUR)                             H1 2018                             Pro Forma                              Pro Forma                                                Report                    H1 2018 without                      H1 2017 without                                                                                  AEMtec GmbH                        AEMtec GmbH Net Sales                         46.9 million                          21.5 million                             21.9 million EBITDA                              7.0 million                           2.1 million                                0.7 million EBITDA in % of Net Sales1)                    14.8%                                  9.7%                                        3.4% Net Result                         3.2 million                           0.4 million                               -0.1 million 1) See page 31-34 "21. Alternative Performance Measures (APM)" of the Interim Report for the first half-year 2018 http://www.exceet.com/Q2-2018-Report-APM By taking this step, exceet continues to focus consequently on optimizing the value of its activities. Key elements of its strategy are the further development and strengthening of the remaining electronic activities - inter alia in the extension of the Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) production of GS Swiss PCB AG - and the acquisition of technology driven companies. For further information: Wolf-Günter Freese, CEO & CFO - Email: [e-mail] exceet Group SE 17, rue de Flaxweiler L-6776 Grevenmacher Luxembourg Telephone [phone] ISIN: LU0472835155 WKN: A0YF5P Listed: Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard) About exceet exceet is a listed holding company focusing on technology corporations within the healthcare and electronics markets. 25-Sep-2018 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de

Language:	English
Company:	exceet Group SE
	17, rue de Flaxweiler
	6776 Grevenmacher
	Luxemburg
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Fax:	[phone]
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Internet:	www.exceet.com
ISIN:	LU0472835155, LU0472839819
WKN:	A0YF5P, A1BFHT
Listed:	Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange

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