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aap bio implants, the medical biomaterials division of aap Implantate AG, has signed a distribution agreement with Zimmer for the EASYMIX® and the new EASYMIX® PRO vacuum mixing system for orthopaedic bone cements. Zimmer Holdings, Inc., a global leader in the orthopaedics industry, will start distributing the EASYMIX® and EASYMIX® PRO product lines in Europe and selected international markets. Zimmer recently started marketing the HI-FATIGUE® orthopaedic bone cement product line, which has been developed and is currently being manufactured by aap bio implants.

aap is a medical technology company that develops, manufactures and markets biomaterials and implants for trauma and orthopaedics. Its product portfolio includes bone cements, bone graft substitutes, antibiotic carriers, and implants for fracture healing and joint replacement. In addition to its Berlin headquarters the company has locations in Dieburg and Obernburg near Frankfurt am Main, Düsseldorf as well as at Nijmegen in the Netherlands. aap Implantate AG has been listed in the Prime Standard segment at the Frankfurt stock exchange since May 16, 2003.

Please address any queries to: aap Implantate AG, Nanette Hüdepohl, Head of Corporate Communications, Lorenzweg 5, 12099 Berlin, Germany Tel.: +49 30 7501 9133; Fax: +49 30 75019 290; n.huedepohl@aap.de

For further information about aap bio implants group, visit www.aap-bioimplants.com

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aap Implantate AG Lorenzweg 5 Berlin Germany

WKN: 506660; ISIN: DE0005066609; Index: CDAX, Prime All Share, TECH All Share; Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Prime Standard in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Freiverkehr in Börse Berlin, Freiverkehr in Börse Düsseldorf, Freiverkehr in Hanseatische Wertpapierbörse zu Hamburg, Freiverkehr in Niedersächsische Börse zu Hannover, Freiverkehr in Bayerische Börse München, Freiverkehr in Börse Stuttgart;

aap Implantate AG

www.aap.de

ISIN: DE0005066609

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