Directors’ Dealings | 19 May 2008 12:04

DGAP-DD: Ahlers AG english

Notification concerning transactions by persons performing managerial responsibilities pursuant to section 15a of the WpHG Directors’ Dealings notification transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The person with duty of notification is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Details of the person subject to the disclosure requirement Company: WTW-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH Person performing managerial responsibilities, triggering the disclosure requirement for the legal person Details of the person performing managerial responsibilities Position: Member of an administrative or supervisory body Information about the transaction with duty of notification Description of the financial instrument: Preferred Shares ISIN/WKN of the financial instrument: DE0005009732 Type of transaction: Acquisition Date: 13.05.2008 Price: not numberable Currency: EUR No. of items: 1312469 Total amount traded: 0 Place: over the counter Explanation for publication: Acquisition by way of contribution in kind of Westfälisches Textilwerk Adolf Ahlers KG to WTW-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH Consideration for contribution of the wholly-owned subsidiary WTW-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH: Shares in the company with a nominal value of EUR 25,000.00 to WTW-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (Nominal share capital then: EUR 100,000.00) plus EUR 5,600,000.00 in the future owed as a loan Information about the company with duty of publication Issuer: Ahlers AG Elverdisser Straße 313 32052 Herford Deutschland ISIN: DE0005009708 WKN: 500970 End of Directors’ Dealings Notification (c) DGAP 19.05.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP ID 6040