W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 27a Section 2 of the WpHG in conjunction with Article 26 Section 1 Sentence 1 of the WpHG 28.04.2010 12:55 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICWET L.P., London, England, ICWET GP LIMITED, London, England, Indigo Capital IV LP, London, England, Indigo Capital IV General Partner LP, Edinburgh, Scotland, Indigo Capital Fund IV (GP) Ltd. (England), London, England, Indigo Capital (Holdings) Limited, London, England, and Indigo Capital LLP, London, England, (together the 'Investors') have informed us on 27 April 2010 pursuant to sec. 27a (1) WpHG with reference to the voting rights notification pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG as of 16 April 2010, of the following: 1. The Investors are financial investors. Therefore the investment in the Issuer does not serve strategic objectives but the realization of investment profits. 2. The Investors do not intend to acquire or otherwise obtain additional voting rights within the next 12 months. 3. It is intended to appoint Mr. Martin Stringfellow as a substitute member of the supervisory board of the Issuer. Beyond that, it is not intended to gain influence on the appointment and revocation of supervisory board members of the Issuer. 4. It is not intended to aim at an essential change of the structure of the capital of the Issuer including the ratio between equity and debt financing. In accordance with the decision of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority to release the Investors from the obligation to make a public tender offer to the outstanding shareholders of the Issuer and certain conditions imposed on the Investors in this decision, the Investors will not propose or vote in favour of dividend distributions until 30 September 2012. 5. ICWET L.P. acquired voting rights from own funds (Eigenmittel) provided by its limited partners. Indigo Capital IV LP as limited partner of ICWET L.P. provided its share of the funds to ICWET L.P. from its own funds. Indigo Capital IV LP acquired its directly held voting rights from own funds. Odelzhausen, 28 April 2010 W.E.T. Automotive Systems Aktiengesellschaft The Management Board 28.04.2010 12:55 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: W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 12 85235 Odelzhausen Deutschland Internet: www.wet-group.com End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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