Pfleiderer Confirms Number of Acquired Pergo Share

Neumarkt, Germany, February 28, 2007--On 15 January 2007 Pfleiderer Sweden AB, an indirectly wholly owned Swedish subsidiary of Pfleiderer AG, announced a recommended cash offer to the shareholders of Pergo AB to tender all shares in Pergo to Pfleiderer Sweden for SEK 51 in cash per share.

On 26 February 2007, Pfleiderer Sweden announced that all conditions to the ffer have been satisfied and declared the offer unconditional. At the same time, Pfleiderer Sweden announced its decision to extend the acceptance period until 17.00 (CET) on 9 March 2007. In addition, on 26 January 2007 Pfleiderer Sweden announced that it will initiate mandatory redemption proceedings and request that the Pergo shares are delisted from the Stockholm Stock Exchange in the near future.

The exact number of tendered shares during the initial acceptance period in the offer has now been confirmed. By 23 February 2007, the final day of the acceptance period in the Offer, Pfleiderer Sweden had received acceptances for 40.871.636 shares, representing 76.3 per cent of the total number of shares and votes in Pergo. In addition, following the announcement of the offer, Pfleiderer Sweden has acquired 10.860.847 shares in Pergo in the open market, representing 20.3 per cent of the total number of shares and votes in Pergo. Following the completion of the offer the total number of shares in Pergo owned by Pfleiderer Sweden will, based on the exact number of tendered shares during the initial acceptance period and shares acquired by Pfleiderer Sweden in the open market, thus amount to 51.732.483 shares, representing 96.6 per cent of the total number of shares and votes in Pergo.

 


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