Dear customers, friends and business partners,

We have the very sad obligation to inform you that our mentor and friend Rainer Aberer and his wife Sharen Seversen died in a tragic plane crash in Texas (USA) at the end of last week.

Rainer and Sharen were both experienced and enthusiastic pilots and were traveling in their private Cessna 182. The circumstances that led to the accident are not known yet.

Rainer's visions, guidance and philosophy resulted in a unique company culture and way of doing business. We will continue our work with the same open minded spirit Rainer demonstrated all through his life.

The OMICRON Lab team
June 22^nd, 2009