DGAP-AFR: NORDWEST Handel AG: Announcement according to Articles 37v, 37w, 37x et seqq. of the WpHG [the German Securities Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

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NORDWEST Handel AG / Preliminary announcement on the disclosure of financial statements

16.04.2008 

Announcement according to articles 37v, 37w, 37x ff. WpHG
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NORDWEST Handel AG hereby announces that the following financial reports
shall be disclosed:
Report: Annual financial report
Date of disclosure / German: April 17, 2008 
Date of disclosure / English: April 17, 2008 
German:
http://www.nordwest.com/content/document_resource/2007/03/30/00000/geschae
ftsberichte/gb2007.pdf
English:
http://www.nordwest.com/content/document_resource/2007/03/30/00000/geschae
ftsberichte/gb2007.pdf
Report: Annual financial report of the group
Date of disclosure / German: April 17, 2008 
Date of disclosure / English: April 17, 2008 
German:
http://www.nordwest.com/content/document_resource/2007/03/30/00000/geschae
ftsberichte/gb2007.pdf
English:
http://www.nordwest.com/content/document_resource/2007/03/30/00000/geschae
ftsberichte/gb2007.pdf

DGAP 16.04.2008 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       NORDWEST Handel AG
              Berliner Str. 26 - 36
              58135 Hagen
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.nordwest.com
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