Finedining Announces Shares Accepted Through Voluntary Takeover Offer as of Sept. 20

MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In relation to its voluntary public takeover offer to all shareholders of WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft ("WMF") for all of WMF's ordinary and preference shares, Finedining Capital GmbH ("Finedining" or the "Bidder") has issued an announcement that as of September 20, 2012, midnight (Frankfurt local time) / 6:00 p.m. (New York local time) the voluntary takeover offer has been accepted for 1,728,536 WMF ordinary shares and 280,050 WMF preference shares. This corresponds to approximately 14.35 % of the share capital, approximately 18.52 % of the voting rights and approximately 18.56 % of the voting share capital reduced in accordance with section 71b of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz - "AktG") of WMF. The additional acceptance period for the voluntary takeover offer will begin on September 26, 2012 and end on October 9, 2012, midnight (Frankfurt local time) / 6:00 p.m. (New York local time). A copy of the full announcement is available free of charge at www.finediningcapital-offer.com. This announcement is not an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. Any solicitation or offer will only be made through the offer document.