AUDI AG 06.12.2013 14:55 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUDI AG Release according to Article 27a, Section 2 of the WpHG Notification according to Article 27a, Section 1 of the WpHG Porsche Wolfgang 1. Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany, (the 'notifying party') notified AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, Germany, on December 4, 2013 with reference to their notification of changes in voting rights in accordance with Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG from the same day and the exceeding of the voting rights threshold of 75%, in accordance with Article 27a, Section 1, Sentence 1 of the WpHG of the following: 'The exceeding of the voting rights threshold is due to the initial attribution of voting rights (Article 22, Section 1, No. 1 of the WpHG) held by a subsidiary of the notifying party and not because of a purchase of shares. 1. Aims underlying the acquisition of the voting rights (Article 27a, Section 1, Sentence 3 of the WpHG) a) The transaction underlying the attribution of the voting rights does not serve to generate a trading profit for the notifying party, nor is it designed to implement strategic objectives. b) The notifying party does not plan to acquire further voting rights within the next twelve months by means of a purchase or by any other means. c) The notifying party does not currently intend to exert an influence on the appointment or removal of members of the issuer's administrative, managing and supervisory bodies. d) The notifying party does not intend to bring about a material change in the issuer's capital structure, in particular as regards the ratio between equity financing and debt financing, and the dividend policy. 2. Source of the funds used (Article 27a, Section 1, Sentence 4 of the WpHG) The voting rights were acquired solely by way of the attribution of voting rights (Article 22, Section 1, No. 1 of the WpHG). No equity funds or debt funds were used to finance the acquisition of the voting rights.' Ingolstadt, December 6, 2013 AUDI AG The Board of Management 06.12.2013 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: AUDI AG - 85045 Ingolstadt Germany Internet: www.audi.de End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------