REpower successfully concludes capital increase

Hamburg, 7 April 2006. REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) successfully concluded its capital increase with subscription rights, generating gross issue proceeds of approximately EUR 82 million. The new shares are included in the existing listing and can be traded immediately.

The capital increase met with a strong response among both private and institutional investors. All subscription rights were exercised. According to provisional calculations, AREVA increased its shareholding in the company to considerably over 25 percent.


As a result of the capital increase, the share capital of REpower Systems AG has increased by EUR 2,160,599.00 from EUR 5,941,198.00 to EUR 8,101,797.00.


About REpower:

REpower Systems AG is active in the wind power industry. The company's range of business services includes the system development, licensing, production and marketing of wind turbines. This is supplemented by a comprehensive after sales service. Because of its presence in the decisive stages of the value creation chain, REpower has powerful overall competence in wind energy. With more than 560 employees, the company headquartered in Hamburg can rely on its experience in the production and installation of almost 1,400 wind turbines worldwide. The high-quality, technologically sophisticated turbines are designed in the development centre in Rendsburg and produced in the plants in Husum (North Frisia) and Trampe (Brandenburg). The internationally expanding company is represented through subsidiary companies and joint ventures in France, Greece, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal and Spain as well as in Australia.


This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to buy securities. An offer will be made exclusively by means of and on the basis of a prospectus to be published subject to approval on the internet sites of the company and tol be made available free of charge at the company, the consortium banks and the admission office of the stock exchange.

This document does not constitute an offer of securities for sale or a solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in the United States. The shares in REpower Systems AG (the "Shares") may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of "U.S. persons" (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")) absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act.


Contacts:

REpower Systems AG
Daniela Puttenat Corporate
Communications & Public Relations
Phone:+49 - 40 - 53 93 07- 14
Fax: +49 – 40 – 53 93 07– 37
E-mail: d.puttenat@repower.de">d.puttenat@repower.de

Thomas Schnorrenberg
Investor Relations
Phone:+49 - 40 - 53 93 07- 23
Fax: +49 - 40 - 53 93 07- 77
E-mail: t.schnorrenberg@repower.de">t.schnorrenberg@repower.de
Internet: http://www.repower.de

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