EANS-PVR: SMT Scharf 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 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)

On March 5, 2013, Abdiel Qualified Master Fund LP, Camana Bay, Cayman Islands, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG that its percentage of voting rights in SMT Scharf AG, Hamm, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 3% and amounted to 3.02% (126,745 voting rights) as of March 5, 2013.

Of these voting rights, 3.02% (126,745 voting rights) are attributed to them pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 2 WpHG.

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