EANS-Voting Rights: SMT Scharf AG
Release according to article 26, section 1
WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of Europe-wide distribution
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share) 1. On March 6, 2012, Mr. Colin Moran, USA, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG that his percentage of voting rights in SMT Scharf AG, Hamm, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 3% and amounted to 3.02% (126,919 voting rights) as of December 8, 2011. Of these voting rights, 3.02% (126,919 voting rights) are attributed to him pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG. Of these voting rights, 2.88% (121,119 voting rights) are also attributed to him pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 2 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG. 2. On March 6, 2012, Abdiel Capital Advisors LLC, New York, USA, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG that its percentage of voting rights in SMT Scharf AG, Hamm, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 3% and amounted to 3.02% (126,919 voting rights) as of December 8, 2011. Of these voting rights, 3.02% (126,919 voting rights) are attributed to them pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG. 3. On March 6, 2012, Abdiel Capital Management LLC, New York, USA, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG that its percentage of voting rights in SMT Scharf AG, Hamm, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 3% and amounted to 3.01% (126,498 voting rights) as of December 13, 2011. Of these voting rights, 3.01% (126,498 voting rights) are attributed to them pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 2 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG. 4. On March 6, 2012, Abdiel Qualified Master Fund LP, Camana Bay, Cayman Islands, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG that its percentage of voting rights in SMT Scharf AG, Hamm, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 3% and amounted to 3.02% (127,017 voting rights) as of December 20, 2011. Of these voting rights, 3.02% (127,017 voting rights) are attributed to them pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 2 WpHG. Further inquiry note: Investor Relations cometis AG Henryk Deter / Patrick Ortner Tel: +49(0)611 - 205855-16 Fax: +49(0)611 - 205855-66 e-mail: ortner@cometis.de end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- issuer: SMT Scharf AG Römerstr. 104 D-59075 Hamm phone: +49(0)2381-960212 FAX: +49(0)2381-960311 mail: ir@smtscharf.com WWW: http://www.smtscharf.com sector: Machine Manufacturing ISIN: DE0005751986 indexes: CDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt language: English
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