Release according to § 26 WpHG

JPMorgan Chase & Co. holds 5.14% on GILDEMEISTER
Release according to § 26 WpHG

By letter of 29 August 2007 JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, USA, has informed us according to § 21 para 1 WpHG, that their share of voting rights of GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft, Gildemeisterstraße 60, 33689 Bielefeld, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 5% as at 24 August 2007 and amounts to 5.14% which corresponds to 2,225,139 shares. 5.134% of these voting rights (2,223,297 shares) are attributed to JP Morgan Asset Management Holdings Inc. according to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG. Further 0.004% of voting rights (1,842 shares) are attributed to JP Morgan Chase & Co. according to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. 

By letter of 29 August 2007 JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc., New York, USA, has informed us according to § 21 para 1 WpHG, that their share of voting rights of our company has exceeded the threshold of 5% as at 24 August 2007 and amounts to 5.13% (2,223,297 shares). The voting rights are attributed to JP Morgan Asset Management Holdings Inc. according to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG which results from JP Morgan Asset Management UK Limited among others.

By letter of 29 August 2007 JPMorgan Asset Management UK Limited, London, Great Britain, has informed us according to § 21 para 1 WpHG, that their share of voting rights of our company has exceeded the threshold of 5% as at 24 August 2007 and amounts to 5.05% (2,185,499 shares). All voting rights are attributed to JP Morgan Asset Management UK Limited according to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG. 

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