Notices of changes in voting interest acc. to Secs. 26 and 26a WpHG
The provisions of Sec. 26 German Securities Trading Act (“WpHG”) obligate listed companies to publish notices according to Secs. 21(1) and (1a), as well as 25(1) WpHG.According to Secs. 21(1) and (1a), as well as 25(1) WpHG, any investor that, by way of acquisition, disposal or otherwise, reaches or crosses above or below a threshold of 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 50 or 75 percent of a listed company’s voting capital, is obligated to report so to the listed investee and to BaFin (German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority).
Moreover, Sec. 26a WpHG obligates listed companies to publish, and report to BaFin, the total number of voting rights at the end of each calendar month in which the voting interest changed.
In 2011 the following notices of voting right changes were received:
Publications acc. to Sec. 26 WpHG:
- Publication of March 1, 2011, regarding the notice of BlackRock, Inc.
- Publication of March 24, 2011, regarding the notice of Mr. Heinz Hermann Thiele
- Publication of March 28, 2011, regarding the notice of KB Holding and Stella Vermoegensverwaltungs GmbH
- Publication of March 31, 2011, regarding the notice of Mr. Heinz Hermann Thiele
- Publication of April 5, 2011, regarding the notice of BlackRock, Inc.
- Publication of June 6, 2011, regarding the notice of DWS Investment GmbH
- Publication of July 14, 2011, regarding the notice of KB Holding, Stella Vermoegensverwaltungs GmbH and Mr. Heinz Hermann Thiele
- Publication of July 20, 2011, regarding the notice of KB Holding, Stella Vermoegensverwaltungs GmbH and Mr. Heinz Hermann Thiele
- Publication of July 25, 2011, regarding the notice of Mr. Heinz Hermann Thiele
- Publication of August 4, 2011, regarding the notice of Vossloh AG
- Publication of September 30, 2011, regarding the notice of Vossloh AG
- Publication of October 14, 2011, regarding the notice of Vossloh AG
- Publication of November 24, 2011, regarding the notice of the members of Vossloh Family Pool
- Publication of December 5, 2011, regarding the notice of Vossloh AG
- Publication of December 14, 2011, regarding the notice of DWS Investment GmbH
Publications acc. to Sec. 26a WpHG:
