EANS-Voting Rights: Villeroy & Boch AG / Release according to article 26, section 1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of 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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Announcement according to Article 25a, Section 1 of the WpHG (financial/other
instruments)

Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: Villeroy and Boch Saarufer GmbH
Place: Mettlach
State: Deutschland

Release according to sec. 26 para. 1 WpHG
Notification of voting rights pursuant to sec. 25a para. 1 WpHG

We received the following notification of voting rights pursuant to sec. 25a
para. 1 WpHG on 22 February 2013:

1. Listed Company:
Villeroy & Boch AG
Saaruferstraße 1-3
66693 Mettlach

2. Notifier: Villeroy and Boch Saarufer GmbH
Country: Deutschland
Domicile: Mettlach

3. Triggering Event: exceeding threshold

4. Thresholds crossed: 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50%, 75%

5. Date at which the threshold is crossed: 20 February 2013

6. Total amount of voting rights:
98.73% (equals 13866852 voting rights) (theoretically)

7. if applicable: Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:

Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to sec.
25a WpHG:
98.73% (equals 13866852 voting rights) (theoretically)
thereof held indirectly: 0% (equals 0 voting rights)

Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to sec.
25 WpHG:
0% (equals 0 voting rights)
thereof held indirectly: 0% (equals 0 voting rights)

Voting rights pursuant to sec. 21, 22 WpHG:
0% (equals 0 voting rights)

8. if applicable: Detailed information on financial/other instruments purs. to
sec. 25a WpHG:

ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instrument: Pre-emption right
Maturity: -
Expiration Date: -

Villeroy & Boch AG, Mettlach

Further inquiry note:

end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: Villeroy & Boch AG
Saaruferstraße
D-66693 Mettlach
phone: +49-(0)6864-81-0
FAX: +49-(0)6864-81-2692
mail: info@villeroy-boch.com
WWW: http://www.villeroy-boch.com
sector: Consumer Goods
ISIN: DE0007657231
indexes: CDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, regulated
dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English