DGAP-PVR: Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG, ISIN: DE000A0F6MD5, Announcement according to sec. 26 para. 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act]

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Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG 

16.05.2011 13:59

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Eton Park Fund, L.P., Dover (Delaware), USA, informed us on 10 May 2011
pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act ('WpHG')
that its percentage of voting rights in Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte
Holding AG, Am Tannenwald 2, D-66459 Kirkel, Germany, exceeded the 3%
threshold on 3 May 2011 and amounted on that day to 3.04% of the voting
rights (1764351 voting rights).

No voting rights were acquired by executing a financial instrument in the
sense of sec. 25 para. 1 sentence 1 WpHG.

Eton Park Associates, L.P., Dover (Delaware), USA, informed us on 13 May
2011 pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 and sec. 22 para. 1 no. 1 of the German
Securities Trading Act ('WpHG') that its percentage of voting rights in
Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG, Am Tannenwald 2, D-66459
Kirkel, Germany, exceeded the 3% threshold on 3 May 2011 and amounted on
that day to 3.04% of the voting rights (1764351 voting rights). Of these
voting rights 3.04% (1764351 voting rights) are attributed to Eton Park
Associates, L.P. pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 no. 1 WpHG. Voting rights that
are attributed to Eton Park Associates, L.P. are held via the following
entity which is controlled by Eton Park Associates, L.P. and whose holdings
of voting rights amount to 3% or more in Praktiker Bau- und
Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG:
  - Eton Park Fund, L.P.

Eton Park Associates L.L.C., Dover (Delaware), USA, informed us on 13 May
2011 pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 and sec. 22 para. 1 no. 1 WpHG that its
percentage of voting rights in Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding
AG, Am Tannenwald 2, D-66459 Kirkel, Germany, exceeded the 3% threshold on
3 May 2011 and amounted on that day to 3.04% of the voting rights (1764351
voting rights). Of these voting rights 3.04% (1764351 voting rights) are
attributed to Eton Park Associates L.L.C. pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 no. 1
WpHG. Voting rights that are attributed to Eton Park Associates L.L.C. are
held via the following entities which are controlled by Eton Park
Associates L.L.C. and whose holdings of voting rights amount to 3% or more
in Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG:
  - Eton Park Fund, L.P.
  - Eton Park Associates, L.P.

No voting rights were acquired by executing a financial instrument in the
sense of sec. 25 para. 1 sentence 1 WpHG.



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Language:     English
Company:      Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG
              Am Tannenwald 2
              66459 Kirkel
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.praktiker.com
 
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