A.S. Création Tapeten AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 10.11.2009 Dissemination of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Royce Fund, Wilmington, Delaware/USA, has informed us according to Article 21 Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its voting rights on our company have exceeded the 3% threshold of the voting rights on July 6, 2007 and amounted on this date to 3.01% (this corresponds to 90,442 voting rights). 2. Furthermore, the Royce Fund, Wilmington, Delaware/USA, has informed us according to Article 21 Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its voting rights on our company have exceeded the 5% threshold of the voting rights on September 2, 2008 and amounted on this date to 5.25% (this corresponds to 157,472 voting rights). 3. Finally, the Royce Fund, Wilmington, Delaware/USA, has informed us according to Article 21 Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its voting rights on our company have fallen below the 5% threshold of the voting rights on October 29, 2009 and amounted on this date to 4.95% (this corresponds to 148,409 voting rights). 4. In a letter dated November 2, 2009, the Royce Micro Cap Fund, New York, USA, informed us that it withdraws its voting rights notification published by us on August 28, 2007. In this notification, the Royce Micro Cap Fund announced that its voting rights have exceeded the 3% threshold on July 17, 2007. In explanation of the withdrawal of this notification, the Royce Micro Cap Fund declared that it had not been obliged to issue such notification at the time. 5. Royce & Associates, LLC, New York, USA, has corrected its voting rights notification published by us on August 28, 2007 and informed us pursuant to Article 21 Section 1 of the WpHG that its voting rights in our company exceeded the 5% threshold on August 17, 2007 and amounted to 5.02% on this date (150,522 voting rights). Pursuant to Article 22 Section 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 of the WpHG, these voting rights of 5.02% (150,522 voting rights) were attributable to Royce & Associates, LLC through The Royce Fund, among others. The Royce Fund held more than 3% of the voting rights. 6. Legg Mason, Inc., Baltimore, USA, has corrected its voting rights notification published by us on August 28, 2007 and informed us pursuant to Article 21 Section 1 of the WpHG that its voting rights in our company exceeded the 5% threshold on August 17, 2007 and amounted to 5.02% on this date (150,522 voting rights). Pursuant to Article 22 Section 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 in conjunction with Sentence 2 of the WpHG these voting rights of 5.02% (150,522 voting rights) were attributable to Legg Mason, Inc., through The Royce Fund, among others. The Royce Fund held more than 3% of the voting rights. Gummersbach, November 2009 A.S. Création Tapeten AG (ISIN DE 0005079909) SüdstraÃe 47 51645 Gummersbach Germany 10.11.2009 Financial News distributed by DGAP. Medienarchiv at |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap-medientreff.de"|]www.dgap-medientreff.de|[/a|]]]|] and |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap.de"|]www.dgap.de|[/a|]]]|] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: A.S. Création Tapeten AG SüdstraÃe 47 51645 Gummersbach Deutschland Internet: http://www.as-creation.de End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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