Under the Securities Trading Act (WpHG) shareholders are obligated to inform the Company and the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) when the amount of their voting interest changes related to specified thresholds.

The following table shows the shareholders of Continental AG whose shareholding were published according to § 26 para. 1 of the German Securities Trade Act "WpHG":

Shareholder	Shareholding	Publication
Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie.	19.86%	January 15, 2009
Schaeffler Group	49.90%	January 15, 2009
B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co.	19.50%	January 14, 2009
Merrill Lynch	0.00%	January 14, 2009
Europacific Growth Fund*	2.75%	August 28, 2008
Capital Research and Management Company*	2.87%	August 28, 2008
Capital World Growth and Income Fund, Inc.*	2.93%	July 31, 2008
Marsico Capital Management	2.77%	July  24, 2008
UBS AG, Switzerland	1.54%	June 19, 2008
Société Générale	2.34%	June 09, 2008
Morgan Stanley, Wilmington/DE, USA	1.93%	May 30, 2008
Barclays Global Investors	2.98%	April 24, 2008
Axa Group	2.52%	March 28, 2007

*Member of Capital Group