zooplus AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

zooplus AG 21.08.2012 13:09Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted byDGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.---------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Wasatch Advisors, Inc., Salt Lake City, USA, has notified us pursuant tosection 21 (1) WpHG, that its percentage of voting rights in zooplus AG,Munich, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 5% and amounted to 5.39% ofthe voting rights (328,733 voting rights) as of August 13, 2012. Of these voting rights, 5.39% (328,733 voting rights) are attributed toWasatch Advisors, Inc. pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG. 2. WA Holdings, Inc., Salt Lake City, USA, has notified us pursuant tosection 21 (1) WpHG, that its percentage of voting rights in zooplus AG,Munich, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 5% and amounted to 5.39% ofthe voting rights (328,733 voting rights) as of August 13, 2012. Of these voting rights, 5.39% (328,733 voting rights) are attributed to WAHoldings, Inc. pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 in connectionwith sentence 2 WpHG. 3. Wasatch Funds Trust, Salt Lake City, USA, has notified us pursuant tosection 21 (1) WpHG, that its percentage of voting rights in zooplus AG,Munich, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 5% and amounted to 5.39% ofthe voting rights (328,733 voting rights) as of August 13, 2012. Of these voting rights, 5.39% (328,733 voting rights) are attributed toWasatch Funds Trust pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG.4. Wasatch Small Cap Growth Fund, Salt Lake City, USA, has notified uspursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG, that its percentage of voting rights inzooplus AG, Munich, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 3% and amountedto 4.52% of the voting rights (275,513 voting rights) as of August 13,2012. Of these voting rights, 4.52% (275,513 voting rights) are attributed toWasatch Small Cap Growth Fund pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6WpHG.21.08.2012 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language:     EnglishCompany:      zooplus AG              Sonnenstraße 15              80331 München              GermanyInternet:     www.zooplus.de End of Announcement                             DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------