euro adhoc: D+S europe AG / Release of a voting rights announcement according to article 26, section 1.1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution

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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
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Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: RBC Trustees (Guernsey) Limited
Place: Guernsey
State: Channel Islands

Company data:
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Name: D+S europe AG
Address: Kapstadtring 10, 22297 Hamburg
Place: Hamburg
State: Deutschland

01.08.2008

- Notification with respect to voting rights -

Notification pursuant to sec. 21, 22 of the German Securities Trading Act
(WpHG)

RBC Trustees (Guernsey) Limited, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, in

their capacity as trustees of The Hirzel III Trust hereby submits the
following notification pursuant to sec. 21, 22 WpHG:

The voting interest within the meaning of sec. 21 para. 1 sentence
1 WpHG of RBC Trustees (Guernsey) Limited in D+S europe AG,
Hamburg, Germany (address: Kapstadtring 10, 22297 Hamburg,
Germany) exceeded on July 14, 2008 the threshold of 75 % and,
on this date, amounted to 85.45 % of the voting rights (34,900,402
shares). All such voting rights are attributed to RBC Trustees
(Guernsey) Limited in their capacity as trustees of The Hirzel III
Trust, a trust established under Guernsey law, pursuant to sec. 22
para. 1 sentence 1 No. 1, para. 3 WpHG from shares held by Pyramus
S.à r.l., Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

The voting rights attributed to RBC Trustees (Guernsey) Limited
in their capacity as trustees of The Hirzel III Trust are held
through the following companies and partnerships whose respective
voting interest in D+S europe AG amounts to 3% or more
respectively, whereby Apax Guernsey (HoldCo) Ltd. (mentioned
first below) is a company directly held by RBC Trustees (Guernsey)
Limited in their capacity as trustees of The Hirzel III Trust and the
remaining companies and partnerships mentioned below are, in turn,
directly or indirectly controlled by Apax Guernsey (HoldCo) Ltd.:

- Apax Guernsey (HoldCo) Ltd.;

- Apax Europe VII Co-Investment GP Co. Ltd.;

- Apax Europe VII Co-Investment, L.P.;

- Apax Europe VII (GP) GmbH;

- Apax Europe VII (MLP) GmbH;

- Apax Europe VII GmbH & Co. KG;

- Apax Europe VII GP Co. Ltd.;

- Apax Europe VII GP, L.P. Inc.;

- Apax Europe VII-1, L.P.;

- Apax Europe VII-B, L.P.;

- Apax Europe VII-A, L.P.;

- Pyramus S.à r.l.

end of announcement euro adhoc
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