Douglas Holding AG : 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 sharehold-ers' 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    
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58099 Hagen
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