Release according to § 26 WpHG

JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc. holds 5.04% on GILDEMEISTER
Release according to § 26 WpHG

By letter of 30 July 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 GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft, Gildemeisterstraße 60, 33689 Bielefeld, Germany, exceeded the threshold of 5% as at 20 July 2007 and amounts to 5.04% which corresponds to 2,183,950 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 26 July 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 exceeded the threshold of 5% as at 23 July 2007 and amounts to 5.02% (2,173,100 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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