Newave Energy Holding S.A : ABB disclosed the final interim result of the public tender offer

ABB Schweiz AG, Baden ("ABB") has published today the final interim result of its voluntary public tender offer for all publicly held registered shares of Newave Energy Holding SA ("Newave").

At the end of the offer period on 30 January 2012, 04.00 pm, 1,469,630 registered shares in Newave were tendered to ABB, representing 87.12% of all registered shares in Newave, to which the offer relates to. In addition, on 11 December 2011, ABB had signed individual share purchase agreements with three shareholders in Newave relating to a total of 1,400,101 registered shares in Newave (which have not been consummated by the end of the offer period yet). Therefore, including these 1,400,101 registered shares in Newave as well as 99,603 registered shares held by Newave or its subsidiaries and according to the final interim result, ABB's participation in Newave amounts to 95.02%. With this participation, the condition of the offer prospectus regarding the minimum acceptance threshold of 66.7% is fulfilled.

Furthermore, ABB announced that the offer can still be accepted in the additional acceptance period of 10 trading days, which will run from 6 February 2012 until 17 February 2012, 04.00 pm CET. The settlement of the tender is scheduled for 27 February 2012, subject to all offer conditions having been satisfied. For detailed information please refer to the official publication of the final interim result of ABB's tender offer, as published in Neue Zürcher Zeitung and Le Temps on 3 February 2012.

This release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. Shareholders of Newave are urged to read the offer documents including the offer restrictions, which are available at www.abb.com/newaveoffer.