Voting Rights Announcements | 29 March 2017 16:48


OVB Holding AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

OVB Holding AG

29.03.2017 / 16:48
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Notification of Major Holdings

1. Details of issuer
OVB Holding AG
Heumarkt 1
50667 Köln
Germany

2. Reason for notification
Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights
Acquisition/disposal of instruments
Change of breakdown of voting rights
X Other reason:
Voluntary notification of existing voting rights of the parent company due to merger at the subsidiary level.

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name: City and country of registered office:
Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. Trieste
Italy

4. Names of shareholder(s)
holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3.
Generali Lebensversicherung Aktiengesellschaft

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached
26 Jul 2016

6. Total positions
% of voting rights attached to shares
(total of 7.a.)
% of voting rights through instruments
(total of 7.b.1 + 7.b.2)
total of both in %
(7.a. + 7.b.)
total number of voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation 11.48 % n/a % 11.48 % 14,251,314
Previous notification 10.74 % n/a % n/a % /

7. Notified details of the resulting situation
a. Voting rights attached to shares (Sec.s 21, 22 WpHG)
ISIN absolute in %
direct
(Sec. 21 WpHG)
indirect
(Sec. 22 WpHG)
direct
(Sec. 21 WpHG)
indirect
(Sec. 22 WpHG)
DE0006286560 1,635,463 % 11.48 %
Total 1,635,463 11.48 %

b.1. Instruments according to Sec. 25 para. 1 No. 1 WpHG
Type of instrument Expiration or maturity date Exercise or conversion period Voting rights absolute Voting rights in %
%
Total %

b.2. Instruments according to Sec. 25 para. 1 No. 2 WpHG
Type of instrument Expiration or maturity date Exercise or conversion period Cash or physical settlement Voting rights absolute Voting rights in %
%
Total %

8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled and does itself not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer (1.).
X Full chain of controlled undertakings starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity:

Name % of voting rights (if at least held 3% or more) % of voting rights through instruments (if at least held 5% or more) Total of both (if at least held 5% or more)
Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. % % %
Generali Beteiligungs-GmbH % % %
Generali Deutschland AG % % %
Generali Lebensversicherng Aktiengesellschaft 11.48 % % 11.48 %

9. In case of proxy voting according to Sec. 22 para. 3 WpHG

Date of general meeting:
Holding position after general meeting: % (equals voting rights)

10. Other explanatory remarks:
Effective as of 26 July 2016, Generali Beteiligungs- und Verwaltungs-AG, which had, until then, held 100% of the shares in Generali Lebensversicherung Aktiengesellschaft, was merged with and into Generali Deutschland AG. As a result of the universal succession, Generali Deutschland AG holds since that date 100% of the shares in Generali Lebensversicherung Aktiengesellschaft. The present notification of voting rights is a voluntary notification of the existing voting rights. Due to the merger of Generali Beteiligungs- und Verwaltungs-AG with and into Generali Deutschland AG, the effective date of the merger has been chosen as the date on which the threshold was exceeded (no. 5 above).



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Language: English
Company: OVB Holding AG
Heumarkt 1
50667 Köln
Germany
Internet: www.ovb.eu

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