euro adhoc: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Release of a voting
rights announcement according to article 26, section 1.1 WpHG (Securities
Trading Act) with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Person/company obliged to make the notification: ------------------------------------------------ Name: AQTON SE (sole shareholder Stefan Quandt) Place: Munich State: Germany Company data: ------------- Name: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Address: Petuelring 130, 80788 München Place: Munich State: Germany
17.12.2008
AQTON SE (sole shareholder Stefan Quandt) with its seat in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, has notified us in accordance with § 21 Section 1 Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (Securities Trading Act) that its voting rights in Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft exceeded the thresholds of 3%, 5%, 10% and 15% on 12 December 2008 and amounted to 17.44% (104,979,435 voting rights) on this day.
These voting rights are attributable to AQTON SE pursuant to § 22 Section 1 Sentence 1 n° 1 Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (Securities Trading Act).
The voting rights attributable to AQTON SE are held through the following companies which are controlled by AQTON SE and the voting rights of which in Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft amount to 3% or more in each case: - Stefan Quandt GmbH & Co. KG für Automobilwerte - Stefan Quandt Verwaltungs GmbH.
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Branche: Automotive Equipment
ISIN: DE0005190003
WKN: 519000
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