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Gerlafingen, November 12, 2007 - Von Roll Holding AG has successfully completed the ordinary capital increase that was decided at the Extraordinary General Meeting on August 13, 2007. In total, 99.4% of the subsc<x>ription rights were exercised. Together with the non-drawn bearer shares that were placed, the resulting gross proceeds for Von Roll Holding AG amount to CHF 323,363,054.

In this capital increase action, Von Roll Holding AG issued 46,194,722 new bearer shares at a par value of CHF 0.10. The previous shareholders were offered one new bearer share for three existing bearer shares at a subscription price of CHF 7 net for each share. In total, 137,716,485 subscription rights were exercised for the purchase of 45,905,495 new bearer shares. The 289,227 unsubscribed bearer shares were successfully placed in the market by the banking syndicate consisting of Bank Vontobel AG as lead manager and the private bank IHAG AG as co-manager. The gross proceeds resulting from the issue amount to CHF 323,363,054. The new bearer shares will be traded on the SWX Swiss Exchange for the first time on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 (TK: ROL | Security No. 324,535). Delivery of the new bearer shares against payment is scheduled for November 14, 2007.

Further information:

Investors: Markus Scherbel, CFO, Tel. +41 44 204 30 80, Fax +41 44 204 30 64, E-mail: investor@vonroll.com. Media representatives: Sven Ohligs, Tel. +41 44 204 30 31, Fax +41 44 204 30 12, E-mail: press@vonroll.com.

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