Release according to Sec. 26 WpHG

GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft / Release according to Sec. 26 WpHG

By letter of July 20th, 2010, Mori Seiki International S.A., Le Locle, Switzerland, has informed us according to Sec. 21 para 1 WpHG, that their share voting rights of GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft, Gildemeisterstraße 60, 33689 Bielefeld, Germany, has exceeded the thresholds of 3 % and 5 % as of 29th March 2010 and as of this day amounts to 5,000877 % (2,279,500 shares).

GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft
The Executive Board

Note:
The acquisition of voting rights is solely caused by a relocation of shares from Mori Seiki Co. Ltd., Nagoya, Japan, to Mori Seiki International S.A., Le Locle, Switzerland.