EANS-DD: Progress-Werk Oberkirch AG / Notification concerning transactions by persons performing managerial responsibilities pursuant to section 15a of the WpHG

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Notification concerning transactions by persons discharging managerial
responsibilities pursuant to section 15a of the WpHG, transmitted by euro
adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is responsible
for the content of this announcement.
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Details of the person subject to the disclosure requirement:
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Person, triggering the disclosure:
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Name: Dr. Gerhard Wirth
(Legal person, company or institution)

Reason for the disclosure requirement:
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Reason: Legal person, company or institution closely associated
Relationship: To a person performing managerial responsibilities

Person performing managerial responsibilities, triggering the disclosure
requirement:

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Position: Member of an administrative or supervisory body

Details of the transaction:
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Transaction:
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Description of financial instrument: new shares from capital increase
ISIN: DE 000 A1 PHD 46
Type of transaction: purchase
Date: 18.05.2012
Currency: Euro
Price: 36.60000
No of items: 2000
Total amount traded: 73,200.00000
Place: off-exchange, Stuttgart
Explanation:

Further inquiry note:
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Bernd Bartmann (CFO)
Phone: +49 7802 / 84-347
Fax: +49 7802 / 84-789
e-Mail: bernd.bartmann@progress-werk.de

Issuer subject to the publication requirement:
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end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: Progress-Werk Oberkirch AG
Industriestraße 8
D-77704 Oberkirch
phone: +49(0)7802 84-0
mail: info@progress-werk.de
WWW: http://www.progress-werk.de
sector: Automotive Equipment
ISIN: DE0006968001
indexes:
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart,
regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English