Suzlon Windenergie GmbH announces takeover offer for shares of REpower Systems AG

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Hamburg (euro adhoc) - Hamburg, 09 February 2007. Suzlon Windenergie GmbH
announced today its
intention to make a counteroffer to the takeover offer for REpower Systems AG
(WKN 617703) released by the French AREVA S.A. on 5 February 2007. The
counteroffer by Suzlon Windenergie - an affiliated company of the Indian wind
turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy Ltd. and the Portuguese steel construction
company Martifer - represents a cash offer of EUR 126.00 per share (which
corresponds to a market capital of EUR 1.02 billion).

As REpower Systems AG does not yet dispose of the offer documents, the
Management Board is at present not yet in the position to comment on the offer
made by Suzlon Windenergie GmbH, especially with regard to its implication for
employees, company sites or customers.

About REpower:

REpower Systems AG is one of the leading manufacturers of onshore and offshore
wind turbines. The international engineering company develops, produces and
sells wind turbines with outputs ranging from 1.5 to 5 megawatts and rotor
diameters of 70 to 126 metres for almost all locations. It also provides a
comprehensive service and maintenance range. The high performance, reliable
turbines are designed at the REpower development centre in Rendsburg and
produced at the sites in Husum (North Frisia) and Trampe (Brandenburg).

Listed on the stock exchange since March 2002 and with around 880 employees
worldwide, the Hamburg-based company relies on its experience in the production
and installation of more than 1,400 wind turbines worldwide. REpower is
represented in European markets such as France, the United Kingdom, Italy,
Portugal and Spain and in the international markets of Japan, China and
Australia through its sales partners, subsidiaries and investments.

Contact:

|REpower Systems AG | |
|Daniela Puttenat |Thomas Schnorrenberg |
|Corporate Communications & |Investor Relations |
|Public Relations | |
|Phone:+49 - 40 - 53 93 07- 14 |Phone:+49 - 40 - 53 93 07- 23 |
|Fax.: +49 - 40 - 53 93 07- 37 |Fax.: +49 - 40 - 53 93 07- 77 |
|E-mail: [email protected] |E-mail: [email protected] |

Further inquiry note:
Thomas Schnorrenberg
Investor Relations Manager
Telefon: +49(0)40-53930-723
E-Mail: [email protected]

end of announcement euro adhoc 09.02.2007 18:08:56
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emitter: REpower Systems AG
Alsterkrugchaussee 378
D-22355 Hamburg
phone: +49(0)40-539307-0
FAX: +49(0)40-539307-777
mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.repower.de
ISIN: DE0006177033
indexes: Prime All Share, CDAX, Technologie All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse,
free trade: Börse Berlin-Bremen, Hamburger Wertpapierbörse,
Baden-Württembergische Wertpapierbörse, Börse Düsseldorf,
Bayerische Börse
sector: Alternative energy
language: English

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