Saarbrücken - 27 June 2006. The shareholders of Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG will be paid a dividend of 0.45 euro per share for the 2005 financial year. The Annual General Meeting of the company held today approved the respective recommendation of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board of the company that has been listed since 22 November 2005. Measured by the current market price of the share, the dividend yield is above two percent. The present stock market price of the share is around 40 percent above the issue price.

“The 2005 financial year has been successful throughout”, commented the chairman of the Management Board, Wolfgang Werner, in his report. With this dividend, he continued, Praktiker shareholders were reasonably participating in the corporate success. Moreover, dividend payments were in line with the promise made by the Management to potential investors before the public offering.

In two by-elections, the Annual General Meeting elected Dr. Kay Hafner, graduate in business administration and chairman of the Board of Directors of Karstadt Kompakt GmbH & Co. KG (Gladbeck), as well as Dipl.-Kfm. Ulrich Grillo, graduate in business administration and chairman of the Management Board of Grillo-Werke AG (Mülheim) new members of the Supervisory Board of Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG. Dr. Hafner and Mr. Grillo are taking the place of the METRO representatives Dr. Rolf Giebeler and Thomas Unger who prematurely stepped down from the Supervisory Board. The term of office of the new Supervisory Board members is limited to the date of the Annual General Meeting 2008 in accordance with all other Supervisory Board members’ term.

Around 32 percent of the voting capital was represented at the AGM of Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding A