Voting Rights Announcements | 4 November 2014 13:42
METRO AG
04.11.2014 13:42
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On November 3, 2014, Gebr. Schmidt GmbH & Co. KG, Essen, Germany, informed
us according to sec. 21 et seq. of the WpHG, that its share of voting
rights in METRO AG, Dusseldorf, Germany, fell below the thresholds of 30%,
25% and 20% on November 1, 2014, and on that day amounts to 15.77% of the
voting rights (51,117,363 voting rights).
Thereof, 2.60% of the voting rights (8,426,849 voting rights) are
attributed to Gebr. Schmidt GmbH & Co. KG according to sec. 22 para. 1
sentence 1 no. 1 of the WpHG, further 13.17% of the voting rights
(42,690,514 voting rights) are attributed to it according to sec. 22 para.
1 sentence 1 no. 2 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG.
Voting rights of the following shareholders, whose attributed share of
voting rights in METRO AG in each case amounts to 3% or more, are
attributed to Gebr. Schmidt GmbH & Co. KG:
- METRO Vermögensverwaltung GmbH & Co. KG;
- 1. HSB Beteiligungsverwaltung GmbH & Co. KG.
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Language: English
Company: METRO AG
Metro-Straße 1
40235 Düsseldorf
Germany
Internet: www.metrogroup.de
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