Ad-hoc-Announcement according to §15 German Securities Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz)

CROSS Industries AG exempted inter alia by BAFIN from the duty of an announcement of the control obtaining and the tendering of a duty offer to the shareholders of TRIPLAN AG

Bad Soden, January 29, 2009
TRIPLAN AG (ISIN: DE 0007499303 / Prime Standard): As CROSS Industries AG announced today, BAFIN (German federal financial supervisory agency) has with its official notification dated January 26, 2009, CROSS Industries AG (Austria), Pierer GmbH (Austria), Knünz GmbH (Austria) Mr. DI Stefan Pierer (Austria) and Mr. Rudolf Knünz (Austria) in the face of the control obtaining from October 1, 2008 about TRIPLAN AG, Bad Soden, exempted from the obligations according to §35 Abs. 1 Satz 1 WpÜG (Acquisition and Takeover Act), to announce the control obtaining about TRIPLAN AG as well as from the obligations according to §35 Abs. 2 Satz 1 WpÜG, to send bidding documents for a duty offer to the shareholders of TRIPLAN AG and to release it, according to §37 Abs. 1 and 2 WpÜG in conjunction with §§8ff. WpÜG-offer regulation.

Within stock purchase and capital increases in September and October 2008, CROSS Industries overtook the majority voting interest of TRIPLANs parent company, BEKO HOLDING AG. The application of waiver was filed in conjunction with the direct purchase of majority of shares of BEKO HOLDING AG and the consequential control obtaining over TRIPLAN AG

Further information are available under CROSS Industries AG www.cross-ag.com /Übernahmeangebot/BEKO HOLDING AG.

The Management Board

For further information, please contact:

TRIPLAN AG
Auf der Krautweide 32
65812 Bad Soden

Phone: +49 6196 / 60 92 - 0
Fax: +49 6196 / 60 92 - 203
e-mail: info@triplan.com