EANS-Voting Rights: Höft & Wessel AG / Release according to article 26, section 1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of Europe-wide distribution

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Announcement according to Article 26, Section 1, Sentence 2 of the WpHG (own
shares)

Voting rights: publications pursuant to Section § 26 para. 1 of the German
Securities Trading Act (WpHG)

1. H & W Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, Germany, informed us in a
letter dated 14/02/2013 as the party obliged to provide information that due to
the acquisition of shares on 13/02/2013, H & W Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH has
exceeded the threshold of 3 %, 5 %, 10 %, 15 % and 20 % and now holds 24.90 %,
equivalent to 2,115,875 of a total of 8,497,490 voting rights in Hoeft & Wessel
AG, Hannover / Germany.

2. Dr. Thorsten Bieg, Hamburg, Germany, informed us in a letter dated
14/02/2013 as the party obliged to provide information that due to the
acquisition of shares on 13/02/2013, Dr. Thorsten Bieg has exceeded the
threshold of 3 %, 5 %, 10 %, 15 % and 20 % and now holds 24.90 %, equivalent to
2,115,875 of a total of 8,497,490 voting rights in Hoeft & Wessel AG, Hannover
/ Germany.

Of these, Dr. Thorsten Bieg is entitled to 24.90 % (2,115,875 voting rights) in
accordance with Section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 1 of the German Securities
Trading Act (WpHG). In the process, all voting rights allocated to Dr. Thorsten
Bieg, are held by H & W Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, Germany, as a
company controlled by Dr. Thorsten Bieg and whose share of voting rights in
Hoeft & Wessel AG amount to 3% or more.

Hannover, 14/02/2013

Further inquiry note:
Arnd Fritzemeier
Tel.: +49-511-6102-300
E-Mail: IR@hoeft-wessel.com

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issuer: Höft & Wessel AG
Rotenburger Str. 20
D-30659 Hannover
phone: +49-511-6102-0
FAX: +49-511-6102-411
mail: ir@hoeft-wessel.com
WWW: http://www.hoeft-wessel.com
sector: Technology
ISIN: DE0006011000
indexes: Prime All Share, Technology All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English