MLP AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 26 Section 1 Sentence 2 of the WpHG (Own shares) 26.08.2008 Release of a Voting Rights announcement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MLP AG Wiesloch - Security ID No. 656 990 - ISIN DE0006569908 Notification pursuant to Article 26, Section 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) Allianz SE, Munich, Germany has informed us in accordance with Article 21, Section 1 of WpHG that on 22nd August 2008 its holding of voting rights in MLP AG, Wiesloch, Germany exceeded the thresholds of 3 % and 5 % and amounted to 6.27 % (6,761,893 voting rights). The voting rights are attributable to Allianz SE in accordance with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No.1 of WpHG. The voting rights attributed to Allianz SE in this respect, were held via the following companies which it controls, whose holding of voting rights in MLP AG in each case amounts to 3% or more: Allianz Deutschland AG, Jota Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Allianz Lebensversicherung AG. At the same time Allianz SE has also informed us in accordance with Article 21, Section 1 in conjunction with Article 24 of WpHG, of the following: On 22nd August 2008, the proportion of voting rights held by Allianz Deutschland AG, Munich, Germany in MLP AG, Wiesloch, Germany exceeded the thresholds of 3 % and 5 % and amounted to 6.27 % (6,761,893 voting rights). These voting rights were attributed to Allianz Deutschland AG in accordance with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No.1 of WpHG. The voting rights attributed to Allianz Deutschland AG in this respect were held via the following companies which it controls, whose holding of voting rights in MLP AG in each case amounts to 3 % or more: Jota Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Allianz Lebens-versicherung AG. On 22nd August 2008, the proportion of voting rights held by Jota Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Munich, Germany in MLP AG, Wiesloch, Germany exceeded the thresholds of 3 % and 5 % and amounted to 6.27 % (6,761,893 voting rights). These voting rights were attributed to Jota Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH in accordance with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No.1 of WpHG. The voting rights attributed to Jota Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH in this respect were held via the following companies which it controls, whose holding of voting rights in MLP AG in each case amounts to 3 % or more: Allianz Lebensversicherung AG. On 22nd August 2008, the proportion of voting rights held by Allianz Lebensversicherung AG, Stuttgart, Germany in MLP AG, Wiesloch, Germany exceeded the thresholds of 3 % and 5 % and amounted to 6.27 % (6,761,893 voting rights). Wiesloch, August 2008 MLP AG The Executive Board Alte Heerstraße 40 69168 Wiesloch Germany DGAP 26.08.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: MLP AG Alte Heerstraße 40 69168 Wiesloch Deutschland Internet: www.mlp.de End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-PVR: MLP 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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