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) AXA S.A., Paris, France has informed us in accordance with Article 21, Section 1 of WpHG that on August 22, 2008 its holding of voting rights in MLP AG, Wiesloch, Germany fell below the threshold of 5 % and totalled 4.72 % (corresponding to 5,090,989 voting rights). Of these, 4.18 % (4,503,693 voting rights) are attributable to AXA S.A. in accordance with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No.1 WpHG and further 587,296 (0.54 %) voting rights in accordance with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No.6 in conjunction with Sentence 2 of WpHG. AXA S.A., Paris, France has also informed us that the attributed voting rights are controlled via the following group structure: AXA S.A., Paris, France is the parent company and controls Vinci B.V., Utrecht, Netherlands; this company controls AXA Konzern AG, Cologne, Germany which, in turn, controls AXA Lebensversicherung AG, Cologne, Germany. 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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