EANS-Voting Rights: SMT Scharf AG
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 September 5, 2012, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, 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 4.29% (180,180 voting rights) as of September 4, 2012. Of these voting rights, 4.29% (180,180 voting rights) are attributed to The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. Voting rights of the following shareholders holding 3% each or more in SMT Scharf AG are attributed to The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation: - The Bank of New York Mellon - The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV - BNY Mellon Service Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft mbH No financial instruments were exercised. 2. On September 5, 2012, The Bank of New York Mellon, 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 4.29% (180,000 voting rights) as of September 4, 2012. Of these voting rights, 4.29% (180,000 voting rights) are attributed to The Bank of New York Mellon pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. Voting rights of the following shareholders holding 3% each or more in SMT Scharf AG are attributed to The Bank of New York Mellon: - The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV - BNY Mellon Service Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft mbH No financial instruments were exercised. 3. On September 5, 2012, The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Brussels, Belgium 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 4.29% (180,000 voting rights) as of September 4, 2012. Of these voting rights, 4.29% (180,000 voting rights) are attributed to The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. Voting rights of the following shareholders holding 3% each or more in SMT Scharf AG are attributed to The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV: - BNY Mellon Service Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft mbH No financial instruments were exercised. 4. On September 5, 2012, BNY Mellon Service Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft mbH, Frankfurt/Main, Germany 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 4.29% (180,000 voting rights) as of September 4, 2012. No financial instruments were exercised. 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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