Ad hoc: CFC Industriebeteiligungen GmbH & Co. KGaA decides to call Extraordinary General Meeting

Dortmund, October 8, 2009 – The management of CFC Industriebeteiligungen GmbH & Co. KGaA (hereinafter referred to as “CFC” or “the company”) (ISIN: DE000A0LBKW6) resolved today, with the Supervisory Board’s consent, to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting on November 20, 2009 for the decision on the reorganization of CFC in the legal form of an stock corporation. As a consequence of this reorganization, CFC’s general partner, Altira CFC Management GmbH, will leave the company. CFC’s designated company name after the change of legal form will be “CFC Industriebeteiligungen AG”.