DGAP-News: artec technologies AG / Key word(s): Corporate Action artec technologies AG completes successful capital increase at a price of EUR 4.60 per share 18.03.2016 / 18:18 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- + 215,000 new shares placed to accelerate growth + High demand in all business segments Diepholz/Bremen - 18 March 2016: artec technologies AG (ISIN DE0005209589), a specialist for the storage and evaluation of real-time information from diverse sources from TV to the Internet, today completed a successful capital increase in the amount of 215,000 new shares at a price of EUR 4.60 per share in the context of a private placement with the aim of accelerating its growth. The new shares were issued to domestic and international institutional and private investors using the existing Authorised Capital and represent 10% of the share capital. The company generated gross proceeds of EUR 989,000 from the transaction. The new shares will be admitted to trading in the Open Market (Entry Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange shortly. The transaction was managed by GBC Kapital GmbH. artec technologies will use the proceeds to accelerate its profitable growth. The company benefits from high demand in both business segments, video security technology as well as media and broadcast. Not only the number of inquiries is growing but also the volume of the individual contracts. "The prospects in our markets - security, IPTV and big data - are very attractive at present," says Thomas Hoffmann, CEO of artec technologies AG. "We are now able to expand our capacities and push ahead with our growth even more vigorously. Among other things, we will hire additional employees in order to handle more and larger orders and to consolidate our technological leadership. The additional resources will allow us to intensify our distribution activities and accelerate our expansion, for instance in Great Britain and the USA." About artec technologies AG artec technologies AG is a specialist for the storage and evaluation of real-time information generated from TV, radio, internet TV and other sources such as social media (Big Data Analysis). The listed company based in Diepholz, Germany, develops and produces innovative software and system solutions for the transmission, recording and analysis of video, audio and metadata in networks and on the Internet. Since 2000, customers have used the product platforms MULTIEYE(R) for high definition video security solutions as well as XENTAURIX(R) for media & broadcast streaming and recording applications. artec customers benefit from a complete service (project planning, commissioning, service & support) for both standardized products and special developments. For more information, please visit www.artec.de Press and investor relations contact: artec technologies AG: Fabian Lorenz E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +49 (0) 5441 5995-16 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.03.2016 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 447055 18.03.2016