Voting Rights Announcements | 3 August 2012 15:58
KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG
03.08.2012 15:58
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Release according to section 26, para. 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities
Trading Act]
With letter dated July 5, 2012, Monolith N.V., Amsterdam, the Netherlands,
has notified us pursuant to Sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG, that on July 3, 2012 the
voting interest in KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG, Colonia-Allee 3,
51067 Cologne, Germany, (the 'Company') exceeded the threshold of 5% and
10% pursuant to Sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG and amounted to 11.98% of the voting
rights (5,956,951 shares with voting rights), at this day. For further
details Monolith N.V. refers to the aforementioned voting rights
notification. In addition, Monolith N.V. has notified us of the following
pursuant to Sec. 27a para. 1 WpHG:
a) Aims underlying the acquisition of the voting rights:
i) Monolith N.V. invests with a long-term orientation aiming at generating
a (trading) profit for its investors/clients.
ii) While Monolith N.V. currently does not plan to acquire a significant
amount of further voting rights within the next twelve months, Monolith
N.V. may acquire further voting rights if and to the extend this would
be in the interest of its investors/clients.
iii) Monolith N.V. intends to exercise influence on the appointment of
members of the supervisory board.
iv) While Monolith N.V. does not intend to achieve a material change in the
company's capital structure, in particular as regards to ratio between
own funds and external funds, Monolith N.V. does intend to achieve a
common practice long-term orientated dividend policy.
b) Origin of the funds used:
As the threshold of 10% of the voting rights has been exceeded only due to
an attribution of voting rights pursuant to Sec. 22 para. 2 WpHG, no own
funds or external funds were raised by Monolith N.V. in order to exceed
such threshold.
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Language: English
Company: KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG
Colonia-Allee 3
51067 Köln
Germany
Internet: www.khd.com
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