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

05.08.2008 

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VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

Publication pursuant to § 26, Section 1 Wertpapierhandelsgesetz
(Securities Trading Law)


Ferdinand Karl Alpha Privatstiftung, Vienna, Austria, has informed us in
accordance with § 21 section 1 of the Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (Securities
Trading Law) that the voting rights share of Ferdinand Karl Alpha
Privatstiftung in Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany, exceeded the
thresholds of 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and 30% on 30th July 2008,
reaching 30.29% of the voting rights (89,046,680 voting rights) on this
day.

Of these voting rights, 30.29% (89,046,680 voting rights) are to be
allocated to Ferdinand Karl Alpha Privatstiftung according to § 22, section
1, sentence 1 no. 1 of the Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (Securities Trading
Law).

The names of the controlled companies of Ferdinand Karl Alpha
Privatstiftung through which the voting rights are in fact held and to
which 3% or more of the voting rights in Volkswagen AG are allocated are
the following: Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, Germany; Ferdinand
Piëch GmbH, Grünwald, Germany; Dipl. Ing. Dr. h. c. Ferdinand Piëch GmbH,
Salzburg, Austria.



Wolfsburg, 5th August 2008

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
The Board of Management

DGAP 05.08.2008 
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Language:           English
Issuer:             VOLKSWAGEN AG
                    Brieffach 1849
                    38436 Wolfsburg
                    Deutschland
Phone:              +49 (0)5361 9 - 49840
Fax:                +49 (0)5361 9 - 30411
E-mail:             christine.ritz@volkswagen.de
Internet:           www.volkswagenag.com/ir
ISIN:               DE0007664005, DE0007664039
Indices:            DAX, Euro Stoxx 50
Listed:             Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime
                    Standard), Hannover, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, München,
                    Hamburg, Luxembourg; Terminbörse EUREX; Foreign
                    Exchange(s) London, SWX
Category Code:      HOL
LSE Ticker:         VKW
Sequence Number:    7
Time of Receipt:    Aug 05, 2008 16:34:38
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