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
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Person/company obliged to make the notification:

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

On November 9, 2009, Victor Khosla, USA, has notified us pursuant to Article 21,
Section 1 of the WpHG that his percentage of voting rights in SMT Scharf AG,
Hamm, Germany, fell below the threshold of 15% on November 4, 2009, and amounts
to 14.051% (590,125 voting rights) as per this date. All of these voting rights
are to be attributed to Victor Khosla pursuant to Article 22, Section 1,
Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG. Attributed voting rights are held via the the
following companies that are controlled by him and whose holdings of voting
rights amount to 3% each or more in SMT Scharf AG:
- Strategic Value Partners GP II, LLC
- Strategic Value Global Opportunities Master Fund, LP
- Field Point (Europe) I, LLC
- Field Point II, S.à.r.l. (formerly Field Point II (Luxembourg) S.à.r.l.)

On November 9, 2009, Strategic Value Partners GP II, LLC, Greenwich, CT 06830,
USA, has notified us pursuant to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that its
percentage of voting rights in SMT Scharf AG, Hamm, Germany, fell below the
threshold of 15% on November 4, 2009, and amounts to 14.051% (590,125 voting
rights) as per this date. All of these voting rights are to be attributed to
Strategic Value Partners GP II, LLC, pursuant to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence
1, No. 1 and No. 6 of the WpHG. Attributed voting rights are held via the
following companies that are controlled by Strategic Value Partners GP II, LLC,
and whose holdings of voting rights amount to 3% each or more in SMT Scharf AG:
- Strategic Value Global Opportunities Master Fund, LP
- Field Point (Europe) I, LLC
- Field Point II, S.à.r.l. (formerly Field Point II (Luxembourg) S.à.r.l.)

On November 9, 2009, Strategic Value Global Opportunities Master Fund, LP,
George Town, Grand Cayman, has notified us pursuant to Article 21, Section 1 of
the WpHG that its percentage of voting rights in SMT Scharf AG, Hamm, Germany,
fell below the threshold of 15% on November 4, 2009, and amounts to 14.051%
(590,125 voting rights) as per this date. All of these voting rights are to be
attributed to Strategic Value Global Opportunities Master Fund, LP, pursuant to
Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG. Attributed voting rights
are held via the following companies that are controlled by Strategic Value
Global Opportunities Master Fund, LP, and whose holdings of voting rights amount
to 3% each or more in SMT Scharf AG:
- Field Point (Europe) I, LLC
- Field Point II, S.à.r.l. (formerly Field Point II (Luxembourg) S.à.r.l.)

On November 9, 2009, Field Point (Europe) I, LLC, Greenwich, CT 06830, USA, has
notified us pursuant to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that its percentage of
voting rights in SMT Scharf AG, Hamm, Germany, fell below the threshold of 15%
on November 4, 2009, and amounts to 14.051% (590,125 voting rights) as per this
date. All of these voting rights are to be attributed to Field Point (Europe) I,
LLC, pursuant to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG.
Attributed voting rights are held via the following companies that are
controlled by Field Point (Europe) I, LLC, and whose holdings of voting rights
amount to 3% each or more in SMT Scharf AG:
- Field Point II, S.à.r.l. (formerly Field Point II (Luxembourg) S.à.r.l.)

On November 9, 2009, Field Point II S.à.r.l. (formerly Field Point II
(Luxembourg) S.à.r.l.), Luxembourg, Luxembourg, has notified us pursuant to
Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that that its percentage of voting rights in
SMT Scharf AG, Hamm, Germany, fell below the threshold of 15% on November 4,
2009, and amounts to 14.051% (590,125 voting rights) as per this date.

end of announcement euro adhoc
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Further inquiry note:

Branche: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: DE0005751986
WKN: 575198
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Berlin / free trade
München / free trade