Press Release

Kahl am Main, June 9, 2008 - On the past Friday, the Annual General Meeting of the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS) was successfully held in Frankfurt am Main. In particular, the shareholders were informed about the past trends of business, the acquisition in the segment Solar and the new technology Blu-ray. For the latter, it was reported that already orders for 21 Blu-ray dual layer machines were received in the 1st quarter 2008 and that additional orders followed in the 2nd quarter.

Stefan A. Baustert, Chief Executive Officer of the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, comments: “This means that the orders for Blu-ray in the first year of the dual layer technology already by far exceeded the volume at the start of the DVD eleven years ago with 17 machines. It is also very promising that recently the first Dual Layer Blu-ray disc machine was accepted by one of our key customers in the US.�

Overall, the acceptance of Blu-ray is increasing since the decision of the biggest Hollywood studio Warner Bros. in January 2008 to exclusively support this high-definition format. Moreover, the acquisition of the Blu-ray disc activities of Oerlikon Balzers, Switzerland, in the current year strengthens the position of SINGULUS considerably. In the segment Blu-ray disc SINGULUS took over the only European competitor with this acquisition. With respect to the business prospects of the future Blu-ray market the Blu-ray Association already forecasts a significant increase in volumes sold during the 2nd half of 2008.

In addition, the selling prices for the Blu-ray hardware are expected to be reduced substantially compared with the beginning of 2008. The Hollywood studios have already announced many new titles on Blu-ray discs. These partly also include the BD-Live function. The BD-Live function of “Men in Black� provides brand new, interactive features including a BD-Live game with questions about the movie.

Short profile SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is market leader for optical disc production lines and is the only manufacturer globally to offer the complete range of products: mastering, molding and replication lines.

In addition to the further development of the core activities of Optical Disc, the diversification into new work areas is the most important strategic target.

With the acquisition of the STANGL AG SINGULUS successfully entered the booming solar equipment market. The new business area Solar will be strongly expanded in the next couple of years.