Voting Rights Announcements | 25 January 2008 11:08


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

SURTECO SE / 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
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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Notification of voting rights (Stimmrechtsmitteilung) pursuant to Sec. 21
para. 1 German Securities Trading Act

The following notification is made in the names of Threadneedle Investment
Funds ICVC, Threadneedle Investment Services Limited, Threadneedle Asset
Management Limited, and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, all
with registered seat at 60 St. Mary Axe, London EC3A 8JQ, United Kingdom
and in the name of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 200 Ameriprise Financial
Center, Minneapolis, MN 55474, USA.

Ameriprise Financial Inc. is the parent company of Threadneedle Asset
Management Holdings Limited, which is the parent company of Threadneedle
Asset Management Limited and Threadneedle Investment Services Limited.
Threadneedle Investment Services Limited delegates asset management to
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited. Threadneedle Investment Services
Limited is the investment manager of Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC.

Please be advised that on 22 January 2008 the share of voting stocks of the
above mentioned companies in Surteco SE, Johan-Viktor-Bausch Strasse 2,
Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen, 86647, Germany went below the threshold of 3% of
the total voting stocks of the company.

The percentage of voting rights of Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC in
Surteco SE at 22 January 2008 amounted to 1,644 % (182,103 shares).

The percentage of voting rights of Threadneedle Investment Services Limited
in Surteco SE at 22 January 2008 amounted to 1,644 % (182,103 shares).
These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Threadneedle
Investment Services Limited pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 WpHG.

The percentage of voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Limited in
Surteco SE at 22 January 2008 amounted to 1,644 % (182,103 shares). These
voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Threadneedle Asset
Management Limited pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 WpHG.

The percentage of voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings
Limited in Surteco SE at 22 January 2008 amounted to 1,644 % (182,103
shares). These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited pursuant to § 22 para. 1
sent. 1 No. 6, sent. 2 and sent. 3 WpHG.

The percentage of voting rights of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. in Surteco SE
at 22 January 2008 amounted to 1,644 % (182,103 shares). These voting
rights are in their entirety attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6, sent. 2 and sent. 3 WpHG.

25.01.2008  Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language:     English
Issuer:       SURTECO SE
              Johan-Viktor-Bausch-Str. 2
              86647 Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.surteco.com
 
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