Voting Rights Announcements | 2 April 2009 11:51


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

RATIONAL AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)

Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of
EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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According to article 21 section 1 of the WpHG Legg Mason, Inc., located in
Baltimore, USA informed us on March 31st 2009 that they exceeded the 3%
threshold of voting rights of RATIONAL AG, Landsberg, Germany on March 27th
2009. The proportion of the voting rights amounts at this time to 3.05 %
(347,080 voting rights).

The voting rights of 3.05 % (347,080 voting rights) are attributed to Legg
Mason, Inc. pursuant to article 22 section 1 sent. 1 No 6 of the WpHG in
connection with article 22 section 1 sent. 2 of the WpHG.

02.04.2009  Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language:     English
Issuer:       RATIONAL AG
              Iglinger Straße 62
              86899 Landsberg a. Lech
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.rational-online.com
 
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