MagForce Nanotechnologies Successfully Completes Capital Increase

BERLIN, GERMANY--(Marketwire - February 29, 2012) -

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MagForce AG Successfully Completes Capital Increase

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Berlin, February 29, 2012 - MagForce AG (Frankfurt, XETRA: MF6), a leading medical technology company focusing on nanomedicine in oncology has completed a share placement with institutional investors. All of the 825,408 newly issued shares were placed, with profit participation rights dating from January 1, 2011, at a price of EUR 5.50 per share. The gross proceeds from the capital increase, in the amount of EUR 4,539,744.00 will be used for further commercialization activities and the clinical development of the NanoTherm® technology along with the expansion of commercial and strategic partnerships.

This transaction increases the nominal share capital of the company, from EUR 4.127.041, divided into 4,127,041 shares with an imputed nominal value of EUR 1.00, to EUR 4,952,495.00.

The very successful capital increase and the meetings with the strategic investors were managed by Silvia Quandt & Cie. AG as a tied agent as defined in § 2 paragraph 10 of the Banking Act (KWG) and called on account of biw Bank for Investments & Securities Ltd.

About MagForce AG:

MagForce AG is a leading medical technology company focusing on nanomedicine in oncology. The company's proprietary procedure, NanoTherm® therapy, enables the targeted treatment of solid tumors through the intratumoral generation of heat via activation of magnetic nanoparticles. NanoTherm®, NanoPlan®, and NanoActivator™ are components of the therapy and have received EU-wide regulatory approval as medical devices for the treatment of brain tumors. MagForce, NanoTherm, NanoPlan and NanoActivator are trademarks of MagForce AG in selected countries. For more information, please visit www.magforce.com.

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Stacy Wiedenmann
Director Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Magforce AG
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