Release according to sec. 26 WpHG para 1 WpHG

Notification of voting rights according to sec. 25a para 1 WpHG

On 26 August 2013, we received the following information according to sec. 25a para 1 WpHG:

1. Company: GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft, Gildemeisterstraße 60, 33689 Bielefeld, Germany

2. Notifier: The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., City of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

3. Triggering event: falling below

4. Threshold(s): 10%

5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: 20 August 2013

6. Total amount of voting rights: 9.50909% (equals: 6,030,234 voting rights) calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 63,415,405

7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:
(Financial / other) instruments purs. to sec. 25a WpHG: 0.09146% (equals: 58,000 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.09146% (equals: 58,000 voting rights)

(Financial / other) instruments purs. to sec. 25 WpHG: 8.74706% (equals: 5,546,985 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 8.74706% (equals: 5,546,985 voting rights)

Voting rights purs. to sec. 21, 22 WpHG: 0.67075% (equals: 425,249 voting rights)

8. Detailed information on (financial / other) instruments pursuant to sec. 25a WpHG:
Chain of controlled undertakings: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. controls Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C which controls Goldman Sachs Group Holdings (UK) which controls Goldman Sachs Holdings (U.K) which controls Goldman Sachs International.

GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft
The Executive Board