Krones AG / Legal Matter 29.10.2008 Release of a Adhoc News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have today learned that the US company of the Krones Group, Messrs. Krones Inc. in Franklin/WI (USA), and Krones AG, Neutraubling , Germany, including their executive bodies, are to be sued by the American leasing company CIT Group/Equipment Financing Inc., which is demanding compensation for loss or damage allegedly incurred. The Executive Board of Krones AG regards this lawsuit, already registered with a US court, as groundless, and sees no evidence for any responsibility on the part of Krones companies. Krones will fight this unjustified lawsuit with all the means at its disposal. The suit must be seen in the context of the major financial scandal concerning the American company Le-Natures. During the period 2005/2006, Krones had produced, delivered and successfully commissioned bottling lines worth a total of approximately US$ 100 million for Le-Natures facility in Phoenix/AZ (USA). Your contact person: Hermann Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen Head of Corporate Communications Tel.: +49 9401 70-3258 Mobile: +49 170 6305916 Email: Hermann.Castell-Ruedenhausen@krones.com Contact: Hermann Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen Leiter Corporate Communications Tel.: +49 9401 70-3258 Mobil: +49 170 6305916 E-Mail: Hermann.Castell-Ruedenhausen@krones.com DGAP 29.10.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Krones AG Böhmerwaldstraße 5 93073 Neutraubling Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)9401 703258 Fax: +49 (0)9401 703786 E-mail: investor-relations@krones.com Internet: www.krones.com ISIN: DE0006335003 WKN: 633500 Indices: MDAX Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), München; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: Krones sued by American financial services provider KRONES AG:
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