Celesio AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 31.03.2010 12:01 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release of an announcement according to Section 21 WpHG [German Securities Trading Act] Company subject to the notification obligation (notifier): BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, USA Listed company (issuer of the shares to which voting rights are attached): Celesio AG, Neckartalstr. 155, 70376 Stuttgart, Germany The share of the voting rights of BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. in Celesio AG has dropped below the threshold of 3% on 24 March 2010 and as of this date totalled 2.62 % (4,462,320 voting rights). These voting rights are attributable in accordance with Section 22, para. 1, sentence 1, item 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG. The share of the voting rights of BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. in Celesio AG has dropped below the threshold of 3% on 24 March 2010 and as of this date totalled 2.62 % (4,464,320 voting rights). These voting rights are attributable in accordance with Section 22, para. 1, sentence 1, item 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG. The share of the voting rights of BlackRock, Inc. in Celesio AG has dropped below the threshold of 3% on 24 March 2010 and as of this date totalled 2.94% (4,993,196 voting rights). These voting rights are attributable in accordance with Section 22, para. 1, sentence 1, item 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG. 31.03.2010 12:01 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Media Release 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: Celesio AG Neckartalstr. 155 70376 Stuttgart Deutschland Internet: www.celesio.com End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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