Release according to § 26 WpHG

JPMorgan Chase & Co. holds 2.95% on GILDEMEISTER
Release according to § 26 WpHG

By letter of 20 March 2008 JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, USA, has in-formed 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 3% as at 17 March 2008 and amounts to 3.07 % which corresponds to 1,328,496 shares. 2.99% of these voting rights (1,294,014 shares) are attributed to JP Morgan Chase & Co. according to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG. Further 0.08% of voting rights (34,482 shares) are attributed to JP Morgan Chase & Co. according to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG.

By letter of 26 March 2008 JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, USA, has in-formed us according to § 21 para 1 WpHG, that their share of voting rights of our company has fallen below the threshold of 3% as at 20 March 2008 and amounts to 2.95% which corresponds to 1,275,420 shares. 2.92% of these voting rights (1,262,709 shares) are attributed to JP Morgan Chase & Co. according to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG. Further 0.03% of voting rights (12,711 shares) are attributed to JP Morgan Chase & Co. according to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG.

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