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Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers

Wien (euro adhoc) - On March 4, 2013 the closing of the acquisition of 43.6% of
the share capital of Orient Refractories Ltd. (ORL) occurred.
The open offer to the public shareholders of ORL for up to an additional 26% of
the shares will commence with the issuance of SEBI's final observation and is
expected to occur within the next weeks.


Further inquiry note:
RHI AG  
Investor Relations
Mag. Simon Kuchelbacher
Tel: +43-1-50213-6676
Email:  simon.kuchelbacher@rhi-ag.com

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company:     RHI AG
             Wienerbergstrasse 9
             A-1100 Wien
phone:       +43 (0)50213-6123
FAX:         +43 (0)50213-6130
mail:         rhi@rhi-ag.com
WWW:         http://www.rhi-ag.com
sector:      Refractories
ISIN:        AT0000676903
indexes:     ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien 
language:   English