Release according to § 26 WpHG

UBS holds 2.40% on GILDEMEISTER
Release according to § 26 WpHG

By letter of 19 December 2007 UBS, Zurich, Swiss, has informed us according to § 21 para 1 WpHG, that their share of voting rights of GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft, Gildemeisterstraße 60, 33689 Bielefeld, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 3% as at 13 December 2007 and amounts to 2.40% (1,038,751 shares). Of these, 0.26% of voting rights (113,350 shares) are attributed to UBS AG according to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. 

GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft
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