euro adhoc: GESCO 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: see below
Place: see below
State: see below

Company data:
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Name: GESCO AG
Address: Döppersberg 19, 42103 Wuppertal
Place: Wuppertal
State: Germany

15.12.2008

Voting rights announcement from 15.12.2008

With fax dated 12 December 2008, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
London, United Kingdom, informed us on behalf of the respective entities of the
following.

Name and location of the announcing entities:
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, London, UK
JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings (UK) Limited, London, UK
JPMorgan Asset Management International Limited, London, UK
JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc., New York/NY, USA
JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York/NY, USA

"On behalf of JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited we announce pursuant to
section 21 sub-section 1 WpHG that on 11th December 2008 JPMorgan Asset
Management (UK) Limited has fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting
rights and now amounts to 2.99% (90,343 shares) in relation to all shares of the
respective voting shares. All voting rights are attributed pursuant to section
22 sub-section 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG."

"On behalf of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings (UK) Limited we announce
pursuant to section 21 sub-section 1 WpHG that on 11th December 2008 JPMorgan
Asset Management Holdings (UK) Limited has fallen below the threshold of 3% of
the voting rights and now amounts to 2.99% (90,343 shares) in relation to all
shares of the respective voting shares. All voting rights are attributed
pursuant to section 22 sub-section 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in connection with
sentence 2 WpHG."

"On behalf of JPMorgan Asset Management International Limited we announce
pursuant to section 21 sub-section 1 WpHG that on 11th December 2008 JPMorgan
Asset Management International Limited has fallen below the threshold of 3% of
the voting rights and now amounts to 2.99% (90,343 shares) in relation to all
shares of the respective voting shares. All voting rights are attributed
pursuant to section 22 sub-section 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in connection with
sentence 2 WpHG."

"On behalf of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc. we announce pursuant to
section 21 sub-section 1 WpHG that on 11th December 2008 JPMorgan Asset
Management Holdings Inc. has fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting
rights and now amounts to 2.99% (90,343 shares) in relation to all shares of the
respective voting shares. All voting rights are attributed pursuant to section
22 sub-section 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG."

"On behalf of JPMorgan Chase & Co. we announce pursuant to section 21
sub-section 1 WpHG that on 11th December 2008 JPMorgan Chase & Co. has fallen
below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights and now amounts to 2.99% (90,343
shares) in relation to all shares of the respective voting shares. All voting
rights are attributed pursuant to section 22 sub-section 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in
connection with sentence 2 WpHG."

GESCO AG, Wuppertal
15.12.2008

end of announcement euro adhoc
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emitter: GESCO AG
Döppersberg 19
D-42103 Wuppertal
phone: +49(0)202 24820 0
FAX: +49(0)202 24820 49
mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.gesco.de
sector: Economy, Business & Finance
ISIN: DE0005875900
indexes: SDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Börse Frankfurt, free trade:
Börse Berlin, Börse Hamburg, Börse Stuttgart, Börse Düsseldorf,
Börse München
language: English

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