EANS-Voting Rights: SMT Scharf 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: Allianz Global Investors Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH
Place: Frankfurt / Main
State: Germany

Company data:
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Name: SMT Scharf AG
Address: Römerstr. 104, 59075 Hamm
Place: Hamm
State: Germany

On June 08, the Allianz Global Investors Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, Germany,
has informed us according to article 21, section 1, sentence 1 of the WpHG that
its percentage of voting rights in SMT Scharf AG, Hamm, Germany, ISIN:
DE0005751986, WKN: 575198, exceeded the threshold of 3% and amounted to 3.03%
(127,118 voting rights) as of June 01, 2010. All of these voting rights are to
be attributed to Allianz Global Investors Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH pursuant
to article 22, section 1, sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG.

No voting rights were obtained according to article 17, section 1, no. 7 WpAIV.

end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: SMT Scharf AG
Römerstr. 104
D-59075 Hamm
phone: +49(0)2381-960212
FAX: +49(0)2381-960311
mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.smtscharf.com
sector: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: DE0005751986
indexes: CDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München
language: English

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