Ad hoc: Hornbach-Baumarkt-AG: HORNBACH Share Option Plan: Approx. 26,500 subscription rightsexercised

Hornbach-Baumarkt-AG / Misc. matters / Ad hoc: HORNBACH Share Option 
Plan: Approx. 26,500 subscription rights
exercised
 
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Bornheim bei Landau, July 10, 2009.
 
Within the framework of the 1999 share option plan at
HORNBACH-Baumarkt-AG, subscription rights were conditionally
exercised in the latest two exercise windows lasting from June 26 to
June 28, 2009 and from July 3 to July 9, 2009. In accordance with the
terms and conditions governing the share option plan, the bank
commissioned with the handling of the share option plan will place
the orders for the sale of a total of approx. 26,500 shares in
HORNBACH-Baumarkt-AG on the stock exchange over a period of up to
five weeks following the Annual General Meeting, starting on Monday,
July 13, 2009, thus protecting the share price.
 
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Hornbach-Baumarkt-AG
Hornbachstrasse 11 Bornheim bei Landau 
Germany
 
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Share;
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Markt in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse;