On March 11th, 2008 the Management Board of Heidelberger
Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) decided to withdraw 1,684,611 no-par
bearer shares (2.1 percent of outstanding shares) by means of a
simplified capital retirement process in compliance with the Stock
Corporation Act, Section 71 para. 1 no. 8 sentence 6. The
Management Board was authorized accordingly by the Annual General
Meetings of July 20th, 2006 and July 26th, 2007. The Supervisory
Board agreed with this measure during its board meeting on March
31st, 2008.
The Company's capital stock now amounts to EUR
199,791,191.04 and is divided into 78,043,434 no-par bearer shares.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Investor Relations
Andreas Trösch
Tel: +49 (0)6221 92 60 20
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 51 89
E-mail:
andreas.troesch@heidelberg.com