Voting Rights Announcements | 9 October 2014 08:46
HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft
09.10.2014 08:46
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ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A., with registered office
in Madrid, Spain, notified us on 6 October 2014 in accordance with Section
25a para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) as follows:
Dear Madams and Sirs,
We, ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A., Avenida de Pío XII,
102, 28036 Madrid, Spain, hereby notify you that - taking into account
intra-group agreements - on 2 October 2014 our aggregated holding in voting
rights in HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft, Opernplatz 2, 45128 Essen, Germany,
within the meaning of Secs. 21 and 22 of the German Securities Trading Act,
in instruments within the meaning of Sec. 25 para. 1 sentence 1 of the
German Securities Trading Act, and in instruments within the meaning of
Section 25a para. 1 sentence 1 of the German Securities Trading Act
exceeded the threshold of 75% of the voting rights in HOCHTIEF
Aktiengesellschaft and on that day amounted to 75.09% of the voting rights
in HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft, corresponding to 52,043,454 of a total
number of 69,309,434 voting rights.
60.66% of these voting rights in HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft, corresponding
to 42,043,454 of a total number of 69,309,434 voting rights in HOCHTIEF
Aktiengesellschaft, were holdings within the meaning of Secs. 21 and 22 of
the German Securities Trading Act and were either directly held by us or
attributed to us pursuant to Sec. 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 1 of the German
Securities Trading Act from shares in HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft held by
our subsidiaries.
9.73% of these voting rights, corresponding to 6,745,342 of a total number
of 69,309,434 voting rights, were the subject-matter of an instrument
within the meaning of Section 25a para. 1 sentence 1 of the German
Securities Trading Act indirectly held by us. This instrument is directly
held by our subsidiary Cariàtide, S.A. and enables Cariàtide, S.A. to
acquire from ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. - under
certain circumstances - still up to 6,745,342 voting shares in HOCHTIEF
Aktiengesellschaft until expiry of the instrument on 31 August 2015.
4.70% of these voting rights, corresponding to 3,254,658 of a total number
of 69,309,434 voting rights, were the subject-matter of an instrument
within the meaning of Section 25a para. 1 sentence 1 of the German
Securities Trading Act directly held by us. This contingent instrument
enables us - under certain circumstances - to acquire from our subsidiary
Cariàtide, S.A. up to 3,254,658 voting shares in HOCHTIEF
Aktiengesellschaft until expiry of the instrument on 31 August 2015.
No instruments within the meaning of Sec. 25 para. 1 sentence 1 of the
German Securities Trading Act were held by us on that day.
Yours sincerely
ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A.
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Language: English
Company: HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft
Opernplatz 2
45128 Essen
Germany
Internet: www.hochtief.de
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