EANS-Voting Rights: Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology 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) Person/company obliged to make the notification: ----------------------------------- Name: First Eagle Investment Management, LLC Place: New York State: USA First Eagle Investment Management, LLC, New York, USA, notified Pfeiffer Vacuum pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG ("German Securities Trading Act") that the percentage of their voting rights in our company fell below the threshold of 5 % on February 9, 2012 and on that day amounted to 4.76 % (equalling 469,684 voting rights). These voting rights are attributed to First Eagle Investment Management, LLC, New York, USA, pursuant to article 22 section 1 sentence 1 nr. 6 WpHG. Of the following shareholders the voting rights are attributed to the notifier: First Eagle Global Fund. Asslar, February 17, 2012 Further inquiry note: Brigitte Looß Leiterin Investor Relations Tel.: +49 (6441) 802-346 E-Mail: Brigitte.Loos[at]pfeiffer-vacuum.de end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- issuer: Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG Berliner Str. 43 D-35614 Aßlar phone: +49 (6441) 802-0 FAX: +49 (6441) 802-202 mail: info@pfeiffer-vacuum.de WWW: http://www.pfeiffer-vacuum.de sector: Machine Manufacturing ISIN: DE0006916604 indexes: TecDAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share, DAXsector All Industrial stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt language: English
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