Unchanged is the fact that the Vossloh Family Pool (“Familiengemeinschaft Vossloh GbR”) remains Vossloh AG’s major stockholder, reportedly owning close to 35 percent of the Company’s capital stock. Mr. Heinz Hermann Thiele, Germany, communicated on July 14, 2011, that his voting interest in Vossloh AG had crossed above the 15-percent threshold on July 12, 2011, to reach 15.29 percent (2,262,918 votes), including 10.24 percent (1,515,761 votes) attributable to him. Such attributable votes are held by the following companies controlled by him and whose voting interests in Vossloh AG amount to 3 percent each or more: KB Holding GmbH, Stella Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH. According to this communication, the stake personally and directly owned by Mr. Thiele totaled 747,157 shares, equivalent to an interest of 5.05 percent as of said date. After Vossloh AG had on July 26, 2011, redeemed and withdrawn its treasury stock and based on the preceding stock ownership notification, the stake directly and indirectly held by Mr. Thiele in Vossloh AG has most recently been 16.98 percent. As of December 2, 2011, Vossloh AG owned 1,332,529 treasury shares, equivalent to 10 percent of the capital stock. As communicated by DWS Investment GmbH, Frankfurt/Main, on June 2, 2011, this investor owned as of May 31, 2011, a total 3.265 percent in Vossloh AG.
Jointly with a specialist service provider, Vossloh conducts an annual survey of its ownership structure. The current survey’s data will be available in late March 2012 and then be published.
More information on the program
here.
