Announcement according to Article 26a WpHG regarding total voting rights
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.
| ISIN or name / description of the (financial / other) instruments: | Maturity: | Expiration date: |
| CFD (Cash) 0.04415% | 20 July 2023 | |
| CFD (Cash) 0.04731% | 28 June 2023 |
GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft
The Executive Board