Release according to Sec. 26 WpHG

By letter of 22 March 2011 Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Nagoya, Japan, 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 10% as at 21 March 2011 and as of this day amounts to 13.64% (6,837,700 voting rights). According to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG 4.55% (2,279,500 voting rights) are attributed to Mori Seiki Co., Ltd. via Mori Seiki International S.A.

By letter of 22 March 2011, Mori Seiki International S.A., Le Locle, Switzerland, has informed us according to Sec. 21 para 1 WpHG, that their share of voting rights in GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft, Gildemeisterstraße 60, 33689 Bielefeld, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 5% as of 21 March 2011 and as of this day amounts to 4.55% (2,279,500 voting rights).

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