Disclosures According to § 25 WpHG

Pursuant to § 21 section 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG), any person whose voting rights in a listed company reach, exceed or fall below 5 percent, 10 percent, 25 percent, 50 percent or 75 percent of total voting rights shall immediately, at the latest within seven calendar days, notify the company and the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) in writing of having reached, exceeded or fallen below the above-mentioned thresholds, as well as the percentage of voting rights. The person's address must be included, as well as the day on which the percentage was reached, exceeded or fell below the respective threshold.

Pursuant to § 25 WpHG the company must publish these notifications immediately, at the latest within nine calendar days of receipt, in German, in an official stock exchange gazette.