Heidelberg Completes Acquisition of Gallus Holding, Bolsters Label Business Offerings

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY—August 18, 2014—The full acquisition of Gallus Holding as resolved by the Management Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen in June 2014 has now been completed. As part of the transaction Ferd. Rüesch has been granted 23,000,000 new Heidelberg shares at a face value of € 2.70. By issuing the new shares, the share capital of the company will be increased by € 58,880,000.00 to € 659,040,714.24, divided into 257,437,779 no-par value bearer shares.