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

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HUGO BOSS AG 

21.06.2012 20:44

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.
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HUGO BOSS AG received the following information referring to notification
pursuant to sec. 25a para. 1 WpHG by PFC S.r.l., Vicenza, Italy, on June
18, 2012:

We herewith notify pursuant to sec. 25a para. 1 WpHG that on 15 June 2012
by aggregating

- voting rights from common shares, we are enabled under certain
circumstances to indirectly acquire on the basis of a directly held
instrument pursuant to sec. 25a para. 1 sentence 1 WpHG, and
- voting rights held by us pursuant to sec. 21 WpHG

we held/would have held a voting rights proportion of 65.93% (equals:
46,413,470 voting rights) in HUGO BOSS AG calculated from the total amount
of voting rights in HUGO BOSS AG in the amount of 70,400,000. As per this
date we would have fallen below the threshold of 75% of voting rights.

In detail,

- our voting rights proportion pursuant to sec. 21 WpHG amounts to 0.37%
(equals: 257,158 voting rights), and
- our voting rights proportion indirectly acquirable on the basis of a
directly held in-strument pursuant to sec. 25a para. 1 sentence 1 WpHG
amounts to 65.56% (equals: 46,156,312 voting rights).

The instrument held by us relates to a right of first offer (Recht zur
Abgabe eines ersten Angebots) contained in a Shareholders Agreement, which
was signed in 2007 and ends on 02 August 2017, between our company and ZETA
FINANCE S.A. as minority shareholders and Red & Black Holdco S.à r.l. and
Red & Black Holdco 2 S.à r.l. as majority shareholders of the holding
company Red & Black Topco S.à r.l. ('Topco').

The right of first offer does not directly relate to shares in HUGO BOSS AG
but does only enable us - subject to the majority shareholders of Topco
intending to sell their controlling stake in Topco or its immediate
subsidiary and under certain other conditions and only in certain limited
circumstances - to make an offer and, if the majority shareholders accept
such offer, to acquire the majority of the shares in Topco or such
subsidiary which in turn - among other assets - currently indirectly holds
a voting rights proportion of 65.56% (equals: 46,156,312 voting rights).


Metzingen, June 21, 2012           Managing Board



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Language:     English
Company:      HUGO BOSS AG
              Dieselstraße 12
              72555 Metzingen
              Germany
Internet:     www.hugoboss.com
 
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