Voting Rights Announcements | 28 August 2007 14:59
A.S. Création Tapeten AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)
Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of
EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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1. Royce & Associates, LLC, New York, USA, has informed us according to
Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its voting rights on A.S.
Création Tapeten AG have exceeded the 3% limit of the voting rights on June
29, 2007 and amounted on this date to 3.017% (this corresponds to 90,522
voting rights). All voting rights are being attributed to the company
according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG.
2. Legg Mason, Inc., Baltimore, USA, has informed us according to Article
21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its voting rights on A.S.
Création Tapeten AG have exceeded the 3% limit of the voting rights on June
29, 2007 and amounted on this date to 3.017% (this corresponds to 90,522
voting rights). All voting rights are being attributed to the company
according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with
Article 22, Section 1, Sentences 2 and 3 of the WpHG through its controlled
affiliate Royce & Associates, LLC, New York, USA. Royce & Associates, LLC,
holds more than 3% of the voting rights.
3. Royce Micro-Cap Fund, New York, USA, has informed us according to
Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its voting rights on A.S.
Création Tapeten AG have exceeded the 3% limit of the voting rights on July
17, 2007 and amounted on this date to 3.325% (this corresponds to 99,742
voting rights).
4. Royce & Associates, LLC, New York, USA, has informed us according to
Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its voting rights on A.S.
Création Tapeten AG have exceeded the 5% limit of the voting rights on
August 17, 2007 and amounted on this date to 5.017% (this corresponds to
150,522 voting rights). All voting rights are being attributed to the
company according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG.
These voting rights contain a portion of 116,342 voting rights (this
corresponds to 3.878% of the voting rights) that are being attributed to
Royce & Associates, LLC, as Investment Advisor of Royce Micro-Cap Fund, New
York, USA.
5. Legg Mason, Inc., Baltimore, USA, has informed us according to Article
21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its voting rights on A.S.
Création Tapeten AG have exceeded the 5% limit of the voting rights on
August 17, 2007 and amounted on this date to 5.017% (this corresponds to
150,522 voting rights). All voting rights are being attributed to the
company according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection
with Article 22, Section 1, Sentences 2 and 3 of the WpHG through its
controlled affiliate Royce & Associates, LLC, New York, USA, which is the
Investment Advisor of Royce Micro-Cap Fund, New York, USA. Both Royce &
Associates, LLC, and Royce Micro-Cap Fund hold more than 3% of the voting
rights.
Gummersbach, August 2007
A.S. Création Tapeten AG
Südstraße 47
D-51645 Gummersbach
Germany
(ISIN DE 0005079909)
28.08.2007 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Issuer: A.S. Création Tapeten AG
Südstraße 47
51645 Gummersbach
Deutschland
Internet: http://www.as-creation.de
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