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Agfa-Gevaert announces the terms of its rights issue

Thursday 21. October 2010 - Agfa-Gevaert announces the terms of a capital increase with preferential rights in the context of the authorised capital for an amount of 148,221,522 EUR. The terms can be found in the below announcement which will be published in the Belgian financial press on 21 October 2010. A

s further set forth in the below announcement, Agfa-Gevaert NV is issuing this offering in view of possible further opportunities for growth, to realize a further diversification of its sources of financing and at the same time to reinforce its balance sheet. The proceeds of the capital increase will not be used for the payment of pension obligations.

Christian Reinaudo, CEO, and Julien De Wilde, Chairman of the Board of Directors, comment as follows: “This capital increase fully addresses the reasons why Agfa-Gevaert’s board of directors previously requested its shareholders to grant an authorisation to increase the company’s capital. Hence, there is no intention to use this authorisation going forward.”

A prospectus in relation to this offering has been prepared and will be available for investors as from 21 October 2010 as set forth in the below announcement. Furthermore an updated version of Agfa-Gevaert’s half year report pertaining to the first semester of financial year 2010 (which will include additional information compared to the version published on 25 August 2010) will be made available on the company’s website as from 21 October 2010