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: Stefan Quandt Verwaltungs GmbH Place: Bad Homburg State: Germany Company data: ------------- Name: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Address: Petuelring 130, 80788 München Place: Munich State: Germany
22.12.2008
Notification pursuant to § 26 Section 1 Sentence 1 Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (Securities Trading Act) and notification pursuant to § 41 Section 3 Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution
1. Stefan Quandt Verwaltungs GmbH with its seat in Bad Homburg, 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 3%, 5%, 10% and 15% on 19 October 1998 and amounted to 15.13% (3,621,565 voting rights) on this day. These voting rights were attributable to Stefan Quandt Verwaltungs GmbH pursuant to § 22 Section 1 Sentence 1 n° 1 Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (Securities Trading Act).
The voting rights attributable to Stefan Quandt Verwaltungs GmbH were held through the following companies which were controlled by Stefan Quandt Verwaltungs GmbH and the voting rights of which in Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft amounted to 3% or more in each case: - Stefan Quandt GmbH & Co. KG für Automobilwerte.
2. Stefan Quandt Verwaltungs GmbH with its seat in Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, Germany, has notified us pursuant to § 41 Section 2 Sentence 1 Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (Securities Trading Act) that on 01 April 2002, 15.13% of the voting rights in Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft were allocated to Stefan Quandt Verwaltungs GmbH (formerly operating under the name of: Stefan Quandt GmbH). These voting rights were attributable to Stefan Quandt Verwaltungs GmbH pursuant to § 22 Section 1 Sentence 1 n° 1 Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (Securities Trading Act) through Stefan Quandt GmbH & Co. KG für Automobilwerte, Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe.
end of announcement euro adhoc --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Further inquiry note:
Branche: Automotive Equipment
ISIN: DE0005190003
WKN: 519000
Index: DAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share
Börsen: SWX Swiss Exchange / Hauptsegment
Börse Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Börse Berlin / regulated dealing
Börse Hamburg / regulated dealing
Börse Stuttgart / regulated dealing
Börse Düsseldorf / regulated dealing
Börse Hannover / regulated dealing
Börse München / regulated dealing
Original content of: BMW AG, transmitted by news aktuell