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


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

27.11.2008 

Release of a Voting Rights announcement
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1. On November 25, 2008, Seeker Managementbeteiligung GmbH & Co. KG,
Dachau, Germany has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the
WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on Tognum AG, Friedrichshafen,
Deutschland, ISIN: DE000A0N4P43, WKN: A0N4P4, have fallen below the
thresholds of 5% and 3% on November 25, 2008 and amount to 0,000018% (this
corresponds to 24 Voting Rights) on this date.

2. On November 25, 2008, Seeker (Guernsey) Holdings Limited, EQT IV (No. 1)
Limited Partnership, EQT IV (No. 2) Limited Partnership, EQT IV GmbH & Co.
KG, EQT IV Co-Investment-Scheme, EQT IV (General Partner) Limited
Partnership, EQT IV Limited, each of the foregoing named companies with
registered office in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, and EQT IV
AG, Zürich, Switzerland, and CBTJ Financial Services B.V., Schiphol,
Netherlands, have informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the
WpHG that via shares their respective Voting Rights on Tognum AG,
Friedrichshafen, Deutschland, ISIN: DE000A0N4P43, WKN: A0N4P4, have fallen
below the thresholds of 5% and 3% on November 25, 2008 and amount to
0,000018% (this corresponds to 24 Voting Rights) on this date. Said
shareholding of 0,000018% (this corresponds to 24 Voting Rights) is
attributed to each of the foregoing entities pursuant to Article 22,
Section 1, Clause 1, No. 1, Article 22 Section 1, Clause 3 and Article 22
Section 3 WpHG.

The chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights are
held is:

Seeker Managementbeteiligung GmbH & Co. KG holds the shares directly and is
controlled by Seeker (Guernsey) Holdings Limited. The largest shareholder
of Seeker (Guernsey) Holdings Limited is EQT IV (No. 1) Limited
Partnership, with EQT IV (No. 2) Limited Partnership, EQT IV GmbH & Co. KG
and EQT IV Co-Investment-Scheme holding the remainder of the shares. The
general partner and/or the managing limited partner and manager
respectively of those shareholders is EQT IV (General Partner) Limited
Partnership. The general partner of EQT IV (General Partner) Limited
Partnership is EQT IV Limited whose sole shareholder is EQT IV AG, whose
sole beneficial shareholder in turn is CBTJ Financial Services B.V. None of
the shareholders of CBTJ Financial Services B.V. hold more than 10% of the
shares and voting rights of CBTJ Financial Services B. V.

Tognum AG 
Executive Board of Directors

DGAP 27.11.2008 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       Tognum AG
              Maybachplatz 1
              88045 Friedrichshafen
              Deutschland
Internet:     http://www.tognum.de
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