ALNO AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 21.05.2010 17:41 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. IRE Beteiligungs GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) and section 24 WpHG that his percentage of voting rights in ALNO AG, Pfullendorf, Germany, ISIN: DE0007788408, WKN: 778840, exceeded the threshold of 15% and amounted to 16.58% (2,752,737 Stimmrechte) as of April 30, 2010. 2. Bauknecht Hausgeräte GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) and section 24 WpHG that his percentage of voting rights in ALNO AG, Pfullendorf, Germany, ISIN: DE0007788408, WKN: 778840, exceeded the threshold of 15% and amounted to 16.58% (2,752,737 Stimmrechte) as of April 30, 2010. Of these Voting Rights, 16.58% (2,752,737 Stimmrechte) are to be attributed to Bauknecht Hausgeräte GmbH pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. Attributed voting rights are held via the following companies that are controlled by Bauknecht Hausgeräte GmbH and whose holdings of Voting Rights amount to 3% each or more in ALNO AG: - IRE Beteiligungs GmbH 3. Whirlpool Greater China Inc., Benton Harbour, Michigan, USA, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) and section 24 WpHG that his percentage of voting rights in ALNO AG, Pfullendorf, Germany, ISIN: DE0007788408, WKN: 778840, exceeded the threshold of 15% and amounted to 16.58% (2,752,737 Stimmrechte) as of April 30, 2010. Of these voting rights, 16.58% (2,752,737 Stimmrechte) are to be attributed to Whirlpool Greater China Inc. pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. Attributed voting rights are held via the following companies that are controlled by Whirlpool Greater China Inc. and whose holdings of Voting Rights amount to 3% each or more in ALNO AG: - Bauknecht Hausgeräte GmbH - IRE Beteiligungs GmbH 21.05.2010 17:41 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: ALNO AG Heiligenberger StraÃe 47 88630 Pfullendorf Deutschland Internet: www.alno.de End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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