Sale of all shares in United Medical Systems (DE), Inc., Massachusetts, USA

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Ad-hoc-Announcement

14 August 2014

Today the Company has entered into a stock purchase agreement with UMS Acquisitions Holdings, Inc., Delaware, USA (Purchaser) regarding the sale of all shares in United Medical Systems (DE), Inc., Westborough, Massachusetts, USA, a fully owned subsidiary of the Company. The purchase price for the transfer of the shares amounts to EUR 56,400,000.00 and is payable upon transfer of the shares to the Purchaser; customary transaction expenses will be deducted hereof.

Since the shares in UMS USA represent substantially all of the Company's assets, the stock purchase agreement is subject to the approval of the Company's shareholders' meeting pursuant to Sec. 179a AktG. For that reason, the management board will call without delay an extraordinary shareholders' meeting on which the stock purchase agreement - after an explanation by the management board - will be put to a vote. The invitation to the EGM will be published together with the agenda within the next days.

Major shareholders of the Company, namely (i) Thomas J.C. Matzen GmbH, Hamburg, (ii) Jorgen Madsen, Bolton (Massachusetts, USA), (iii) MaWoBi Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, (iv) Marina Bello-Biedermann, Hamburg and (v) Norbert and Bärbel Heske, Türkenfeld, who in all hold about 38 % of the shares of the Company, have on the initiative of and vis-à-vis the Company (in each case individually) expressed their intent to support this transaction and to vote in favor of the sale of UMS USA to the Purchaser on the upcoming EGM.

About UMS AG
UMS International AG is a provider of innovative healthcare delivery concepts in the growth segment of high-tech medicine. UMS pioneered the mobile deployment of high-class medical systems and markets a comprehensive range of full-service solutions for hospitals and specialists. The forward-looking concepts include complete services for the customer, covering everything from system management to the provision of trained application specialists. The UMS Group currently has some 220 employees worldwide and serves over 650 customers.

Contact
Christian Möller, Tel: (040) 50 01 77-00, Fax: (040) 50 01 77-77,
E-mail: investor@umsag.com
Borsteler Chaussee 53
D-22453 Hamburg

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