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Douglas Holding AG: Submission of squeeze-out-request under stock corporation law by Beauty Holding Three AG

Douglas Holding AG  / Key word(s): Squeeze Out

15.01.2013 11:55

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Ad-hoc-notification pursuant to § 15 para. 1 WpHG

Douglas Holding AG: Submission of squeeze-out-request under stock
corporation law by Beauty Holding Three AG

Hagen, 15 January 2013 - Beauty Holding Three AG with its seat in Frankfurt
am Main today submitted to Douglas Holding AG (ISIN DE0006099005) the
formal request pursuant to section 327a para. 1 sentence 1 German Stock
Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz, AktG) that the shareholders´ meeting of
Douglas Holding AG shall resolve upon the transfer of the shares of the
remaining shareholders (minority shareholders) to Beauty Holding Three AG
as main shareholer in return for payment of an adequate cash consideration.

Beauty Holding Three AG holds more than 95 % of the registered share
capital of Douglas Holding AG and is therefore the main shareholder of
Douglas Holding AG within the meaning of section 327a para. 1 sentence 1
AktG. The transfer resolution shall be passed at the next annual general
meeting of Douglas Holding AG which will probably take place in May 2013.

Douglas Holding AG
Kabeler Str. 4

58099 Hagen

Stock Exchanges: Regulated Market in Frankfurt a.M. (Prime Standard),
Düsseldorf, Berlin and Hamburg, Open Market (Freiverkehr) in Hannover,
München and Stuttgart

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Language:     English
Company:      Douglas Holding AG
              Kabeler Straße 4
              58099 Hagen
              Germany
Phone:        [phone]
Fax:          [phone]
E-mail:       [e-mail]
Internet:     www.douglas-holding.com
ISIN:         DE0006099005
WKN:          609900
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime
              Standard), Hamburg; Freiverkehr in Hannover, München,
              Stuttgart

End of Announcement                             DGAP News-Service

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