Voting Rights Announcements | 31 July 2007 11:19


Gildemeister Aktiengesellschaft: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

Gildemeister Aktiengesellschaft / Release of an announcement according to Article 21 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)

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Release according to § 26 WpHG

JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc. holds 5.04% on GILDEMEISTER 

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.


GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft
The Executive Board

DGAP 31.07.2007 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       Gildemeister Aktiengesellschaft
              Gildemeisterstraße 60
              33689 Bielefeld
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.gildemeister.com
 
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