Voting Rights Announcements | 8 October 2010 12:06
VOLKSWAGEN AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)
08.10.2010 12:06
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VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Publication pursuant to § 26, Section 1 Wertpapierhandelsgesetz
(Securities Trading Law)
Porsche Wolfgang 1. Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart, Germany
has informed us in accordance with § 21 section 1 of the
Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (Securities Trading Law) that
its (indirect) voting rights share in Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft,
Wolfsburg, Germany, exceeded the thresholds of 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%,
20%, 25%, 30% and 50% on 29th September 2010, reaching 50.74% of the
voting rights (149,696,680 voting rights) on this day.
Of these voting rights, 50.74% (149,696,680 voting rights) are to be
allocated to Porsche Wolfgang 1. Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG
according to § 22, section 1, sentence 1 no. 1 of the
Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (Securities Trading Law).
The names of the controlled companies of Porsche Wolfgang 1.
Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG through which the voting rights are in
fact held and to which 3% or more of the voting rights in Volkswagen
Aktiengesellschaft are allocated are the following: Wolfgang Porsche
GmbH, Grünwald, Germany, Familie Porsche Beteiligung GmbH, Grünwald,
Germany, Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, Germany.
These voting rights were not reached by exercise of purchase rights
resulting from financial instruments according to § 25, section 1,
sentence 1 of the Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (Securities Trading Law).
Wolfsburg, 8th October 2010
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
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Language: English
Company: VOLKSWAGEN AG
Brieffach 1849
38436 Wolfsburg
Deutschland
Internet: www.volkswagenag.com/ir
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