euro adhoc: OVB Holding 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
responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: Generali Beteiligungs- und Verwaltungs-AG, vormals Volksfürsorge Holding AG
Place: München, vormals Hamburg
State: Germany

Company data:
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Name: OVB Holding AG
Address: Heumarkt 1, 50667 Köln
Place: Cologne
State: Germany

29.09.2008

OVB Holding AG
Cologne

Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German
Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide
distribution

On April 17, 2008, Volksfürsorge Holding AG, Hamburg, Germany,
informed us, as published on April 30, 2008, in line with Articles 21
and 22 of the WpHG, that on April 3, 2008, its voting rights in OVB
Holding AG had exceeded the threshold of 75% and amounts to 83.16%
(11,851,000 voting rights). Of these, 72.42% (10,321,000 voting
rights) have been attributed according to Article 22 (2) of the WpHG.

On September 16, 2008, Volksfürsorge Holding AG changed its company
name to Generali Beteiligungs- und Verwaltungs-AG and relocated its
headquarters from Hamburg to Munich.

On the occasion of this, Generali Beteiligungs- und Verwaltungs-AG,
Munich (till September 15, 2008, named Volksfürsorge Holding AG,
Hamburg) informed us on September 25, 2008, of the following:

Voting rights of Generali Beteiligungs- und Verwaltungs-AG, München,
still exceeds the threshold of 75% and amounts to 86.56% (12,335,400
voting rights) on September 16, 2008.

Of these, 75.82% (10,805,400 voting rights) are attributable to it in
line with Article 22 (2) of the WpHG.

Voting rights are attributable to it from the following shareholders,
whose individual voting rights share in OVB Holding AG amount to 3%
or more:

- Deutscher Ring Beteiligungsholding GmbH - Deutscher Ring Financial
Services GmbH - Iduna Vereinigte Lebensversicherung aG für Handwerk,
Handel und Gewerbe

A further 10.74% (1,530,000 voting rights) are attributable to it in
line with Article 22 (1) Clause 1, No. 1 of the WpHG. Voting rights
attributable to it are held by the following company controlled by
it, whose voting rights in OVB Holding AG amounts to 3% or more:

- Volksfürsorge Deutsche Lebensversicherung AG

Cologne, September 29, 2008

OVB Holding AG
Management Board

end of announcement euro adhoc
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Branche: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: DE0006286560
WKN: 628656
Index: CDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
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