Ad-hoc notification in accordance with Section 15 WpHG [Securities Trading Act]: Analytik Jena AG Issues Promissory Note Loan for EUR 30.0 million

Jena, August 14, 2012 – Analytik Jena AG (Prime Standard: AJA, ISIN: DE0005213508) has successfully placed a promissory note loan in the amount of EUR 30.0 million on the capital market. The manufacturer of laboratory, bioanalytical and analytical measuring technology has thus restructured its long-term debt capital at a low interest rate, opening up long-term opportunities for financing corporate growth and future strategic acquisitions.

For this placement, German institutional investors were offered promissory notes in tranches with terms of three to seven years, with fixed and variable interest. The transaction was greatly oversubscribed. The promissory note loan was arranged by IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG. This promissory note loan replaces among other things an existing loan of EUR 12.0 million.