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04.08.2008

The resolution of the general meeting on 29th July 2008
authorised the Management Board of ZUMTOBEL AG, with the consent of
the Supervisory Board and within 18 months from the date of the
resolution, in accordance with § 65 para. 1 section 8 and § 65 para.
1a of the Stock Act (Aktiengesetz), to repurchase the company's
own shares to an extent of up to 10 % of the share capital,
taking into account the shares already acquired and still owned by
the company, for a price of between EUR 5 minimum and EUR 50
maximum per single share, including the authorisation for the
Management Board to incorporate the company's own shares, to
resell them via the stock market or within the framework of a
public offering, whereby trading in the company's own shares is not
permitted; where shares are offered to participants in the
employee stakeholding scheme to fulfil exercised options, the issue
may also take a different form.

This resolution of the general meeting was published on 29th July
2008 on the company's website.

The Management Board of ZUMTOBEL AG resolved on 29th July 2008,
to acquire shares in the company to the extent of up to 1,943,555
shares at a price of up to EUR 20.5 in accordance with the
authorisation granted on 29th July 2008 by the general meeting
after the consent of the Supervisory Board.

Of these shares, if necessary, 239,211 may be used to fulfil share
options for members of the Management Board and certain management
staff of ZUMTOBEL AG or an associated company within the framework
of the employee stakeholding scheme.

Number and distribution of options within the employee stakeholding
scheme: the last allocation of options in the Stock Option Programme
(SOP) for the Zumtobel Group took place on the basis of figures for
the 2007/2008 financial year. The last possible date for the
exercise of these options is 30.04.2015, in exercise

windows following the publication of quarterly reports by the company. There is
no holding period for shares thus acquired.

The number and distribution of share options already allocated and exercised is
as follows:

|Overview of ZUMTOBEL AG options as at 31.07.2008

| |No. allocated |No. |No. |Remaining |No. own |
| |options |exercised |options |stock of |shares |
| | |/ |still to |own shares|still |
| | |fulfilled |be | |required |
| | |options |exercised | | |
| | | | | | |
|Management Board|325.000 |266.400 |58.600 | | |
| | | | | | |
|Rest |765.427 |530.162 |235.265 | | |
| | | | | | |
|TOTAL |1.090.427 |796.562 |293.865 |54.654 |239.211 |

1,704,344 shares in the company as well as the shares not
required for fulfilment of the SOP may all be used for the
purposes specified in the authorisation resolution from the
general meeting.

Duration of the repurchase programme: 11th August 2008 to 11th
February 2009. Class of shares: individual shares (ISIN:
AT0000837307). Maximum number of shares to be acquired: up to
1,943,555 individual shares, corresponding to around 4.35 % of the
share capital. Value per share: EUR 5 minimum, EUR 20.50 maximum.
Acquisition method: Wiener Börse AG.

The repurchase is to take place under the management of a credit
institution, which will make decisions on the time of
acquisition independently and uninfluenced by the company, and
according to the Safe Harbour regulations of § 48e para. 6 Austrian
Stock Exchange Act (BörseG) in connection with the Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2273/2003 of 22nd December 2003.

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Further inquiry note:

Investoren:

Christian Hogenmüller

Investor Relations

Zumtobel AG

Höchster Str. 8

A-6850 Dornbirn

Tel.: +43-5572-509 506

E-Mail: Christian.Hogenmueller@zumtobel.com

http://www.zumtobelgroup.com

Presse:

Astrid Kühn-Ulrich

Corporate Communications

Zumtobel AG

Höchster Str. 8

A-6850 Dornbirn

Tel.: +43-5572-509 1570

E-Mail: Astrid.Kuehn@zumtobel.com

http://www.zumtobelgroup.com

Branche: Technology
ISIN: AT0000837307
WKN:
Index: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / official market