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zooplus AG 10.10.2012 16:17Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted byDGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.---------------------------------------------------------------------------1. On October 9, 2012, Nicholas Sleep, United Kingdom, has notified uspursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG that his percentage of voting rights inzooplus AG, Munich, Germany, exceeded the thresholds of 3%, 5% and 10% andamounted to 10.15% (260,000 voting rights) as of February 16, 2010.Of these voting rights, 10.15% (260,000 voting rights) are to be attributedto Nicholas Sleep pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG.Attributed voting rights are held via the following companies that arecontrolled by Nicholas Sleep and whose holdings of voting rights amount to3% each or more in zooplus AG:- Sleep, Zakaria & Company Ltd.- Sleep, Zakaria & Company (Cayman) Ltd.- The Nomad Investment Partnership L.P.Of these voting rights, 10.15% (260,000 voting rights) are to be attributedto Nicholas Sleep pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 in connectionwith sentence 2 WpHG as well.Voting rights of the following shareholders holding 3% each or more inzooplus AG are to be attributed to Nicholas Sleep:- The Nomad Investment Partnership L.P.2. On October 9, 2012, Sleep, Zakaria & Company Ltd., London, UnitedKingdom, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG that itspercentage of voting rights in zooplus AG, Munich, Germany, exceeded thethresholds of 3%, 5% and 10% and amounted to 10.15% (260,000 voting rights)as of February 16, 2010.Of these voting rights, 10.15% (260,000 voting rights) are to be attributedto Sleep, Zakaria & Company Ltd. pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no.1 WpHG.Attributed voting rights are held via the following companies that arecontrolled by Sleep, Zakaria & Company Ltd. and whose holdings of votingrights amount to 3% each or more in zooplus AG:- Sleep, Zakaria & Company (Cayman) Ltd.- The Nomad Investment Partnership L.P.Of these voting rights, 10.15% (260,000 voting rights) are to be attributedto Sleep, Zakaria & Company Ltd. pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no.6 WpHG as well.Voting rights of the following shareholders holding 3% each or more inzooplus AG are to be attributed to Sleep, Zakaria & Company Ltd.:- The Nomad Investment Partnership L.P.Correction of the publication as of March 5, 20103. On October 9, 2012, Sleep, Zakaria & Company (Cayman) Ltd., GrandCayman, Cayman Islands, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHGthat its percentage of voting rights in zooplus AG, Munich, Germany,exceeded the thresholds of 3%, 5% and 10% and amounted to 10.15% (260,000voting rights) as of February 16, 2010.Of these voting rights, 10.15% (260,000 voting rights) are to be attributedto Sleep, Zakaria & Company (Cayman) Ltd. pursuant to section 22 (1)sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG.Attributed voting rights are held via the following companies that arecontrolled by Sleep, Zakaria & Company (Cayman) Ltd. and whose holdings ofvoting rights amount to 3% each or more in zooplus AG:- The Nomad Investment Partnership L.P.10.10.2012 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------