Postponement due to formal error in the invitation to annual general meeting

Kirkel, Germany – 30 April 2007. Due to a formal error, Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG feels impelled to postpone its 2007 ordinary annual general meeting at short notice. The annual general meeting has now been rescheduled to June 11, 2007, from May 30, 2007, as originally planned. The venue remains unchanged in Saarbrücken. The invitation for the new date will follow shortly.

The new date was necessary due to the fact that the original invitation showed - by mistake but without intent - the slightly lower net annual profit as the balance sheet profit of the past financial year.

Praktiker would like to express its sincere apologies to its shareholders for this postponement while, at the same time, emphasising that the delay is in no way attributable to reasons of content, but is the result of a purely formal error.