DIC Asset AG 05.01.2012 18:01Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted byDGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.---------------------------------------------------------------------------On January 3, 2012 DIC Beteiligungsgesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts,Frankfurt am Main, Germany, informed us pursuant to Article 21 Section 1WpHG that on December 28, 2011 its voting rights in DIC Asset AG, Frankfurtam Main, exceeded the threshold of 10 % and on that day amounted to 11.66 %(equivalent 5,331,993 voting rights).In addition against such background, DIC Beteiligungsgesellschaftbürgerlichen Rechts, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, informed us pursuant toArticle 27a Section 1 WpHG as follows:a) The investment is aimed at the implementation of strategic aims and isnot intended to realize trading profits.b) DIC Beteiligungsgesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts does not intend toobtain further voting rights in DIC Asset AG by acquisition or in any otherway within the next 12 months except from the opportunity of participatingin capital increases for maintaining the proportional participation.c) Apart from the exercise of voting rights in the general meeting of DICAsset AG, DIC Beteiligungsgesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts does not intendto influence the composition of the administrative, management and/or thesupervisory bodies of DIC Asset AG.d) DIC Beteiligungsgesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts does not intend toreduce the equity-to-assets ratio of DIC Asset AG nor intends any materialchange in dividend policy. With regard to the source of the funds used for the acquisition of votingrights DIC Beteiligungsgesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts informed uspursuant to Article 27a Section 1 Sentence 4 WpHG that the acquisition ofvoting rights in DIC Asset AG was executed by a contribution of the sharesagainst an increase of the shareholder's capital account in DICBeteiligungsgesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts. Concerning the source offunds for the acquisition of voting rights in DIC Asset AG, therefore,neither debt nor equity capital was used.Frankfurt am Main, January 2012DIC Asset AG Management Board05.01.2012 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: DIC Asset AG Eschersheimer Landstr. 223 60320 Frankfurt GermanyInternet: www.dic-asset.de End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------