TAKKT AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pursuant to § 21 para. 1 WpHG Threadneedle Asset Management Limited, Swindon, United Kingdom, has informed us about the following: 'The following notification is made in the name of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 200 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN 55474, USA. Ameriprise Financial, Inc. is the parent company of Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is the parent company of Threadneedle Asset Management Limited. Please be advised that on 16 April 2008 the share of voting stocks of the above mentioned company in TAKKT AG, Presselstrasse 12, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany, went above the threshold of 3% of the total voting stocks of the company. The percentage of voting rights of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. in TAKKT AG at 16 April 2008 amounted to 3.045% (2,219,518 shares). These voting rights are in their entirety attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6, sent.2 and sent.3 WpHG.' 21.04.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: TAKKT AG Presselstr. 12 70191 Stuttgart Deutschland Internet: www.takkt.de End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------