Voting rights: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG: Publication pursuant to 26 sect.1 WpHG (the German Securities Trading Act) with the aim of pan-European distribution

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG / Voting rights: Regulatory News: Notification and amendment of the notification pursuant to Article 26 Section 1 of WpHG, intended for Europe-wide publication Publication pursuant to 26 sect.1 WpHG (the German Securities Trading Act) processed and transmitted by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------

Notification pursuant to Article 26 Section 1 of WpHG

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, informed Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena, Germany, on 29 April 2009 pursuant to Art. 21 Section 1, 24 of WpHG that on 13 December 2007 MassMutual Holding LLC, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA share of voting rights in Carl Zeiss Meditec AG had fallen below the threshold of 3%. The percentage of voting rights amounted to 2.84% (corresponding to 2,307,537 voting rights) on this date. All these voting rights are attributed to MassMutual Holding LLC pursuant to Art. 22 Section 1 sentence 1 No. 6, sentence 2 of WpHG.

Amendment of the notification pursuant to Article 26 Section 1 of WpHG as published on 18 December 2007

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, informed Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena, Germany, on 29 April 2009 pursuant to Art. 21 Section 1, 24 of WpHG that on 13 December 2007 their share of voting rights in Carl Zeiss Meditec AG had fallen below the threshold of 3%. The percentage of voting rights amounted to 2.84% (corresponding to 2,307,537 voting rights) on this date. All these voting rights are attributed to this company pursuant to Art. 22 Section 1 sentence 1 No. 6, sentence 2 of WpHG.

Jena, May 2009.

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

The Management Board

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG Goschwitzer Strasse 51-52 07745 Jena E-Mail: investors@meditec.zeiss.com

ISIN: DE0005313704

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Carl Zeiss Meditec AG Goeschwitzer Strasse 51-52 Jena Germany

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