With the approval of the Supervisory Board, the Executive Board of FUCHS PETROLUB AG today decided to carry out a capital increase without subscription rights with up to 144,607 preference shares. This is equivalent to about 2% of the company's capital stock. The price at which the shares are to be placed will be close to the current stock-market price. After the capital increase with subscription rights that was publicized on November 25, 2003 for the purpose of financing the acquisition of WYNN's France, which has so far gone very well, Fuchs intends this second capital increase to balance the numbers of ordinary and preference shares that have been issued.
As in the capital increase with subscription rights, RUDOLF FUCHS GMBH & CO. KG will only exercise a part of its subscription rights, the ordinary shares that are not subscribed to will be offered to interested institutional investors in Europe.
The ordinary and preference shares are to be placed privately with institutional investors in Europe by means of an accelerated book-building approach. WestLB AG has been authorized to make the placement.
Mannheim, December 10, 2003
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