Pfäffikon SZ, January 3, 2007 - In today's edition of the "Handelszeitung", a Swiss business journal, Thomas Limberger, CEO of OC Oerlikon Corporation AG, Pfäffikon, is indirectly quoted as having said that "the alleged takeover plans for BOC Edwards are no longer an issue". We would like to emphasize that Thomas Limberger never made any such statement. The quote printed in the "Handelszeitung" is fundamentally wrong.