EANS-Voting Rights: SMT Scharf AG
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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 April 17, 2012, FIL Holdings Limited, Hildenborough, United Kingdom, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG that its percentage of voting rights in SMT Scharf AG, Hamm, Germany, fell below the threshold of 3% and amounted to 2.97% (124,721 voting rights) as of April 13, 2012. Of these voting rights, 2.97% (124,721 voting rights) are attributed to FIL Holdings Limited pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG. 2. On April 17, 2012, FIL Investments International, Hildenborough, United Kingdom, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG that its percentage of voting rights in SMT Scharf AG, Hamm, Germany, fell below the threshold of 3% and amounted to 2.97% (124,721 voting rights) as of April 13, 2012. Of these voting rights, 2.97% (124,721 voting rights) are attributed to FIL Investments International pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG. 3. On April 17, 2012, FIL Limited, Hamilton, Bermuda, has notified us pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG that its percentage of voting rights in SMT Scharf AG, Hamm, Germany, fell below the threshold of 3% and amounted to 2.97% (124,721 voting rights) as of April 13, 2012. Of these voting rights, 2.97% (124,721 voting rights) are attributed to FIL Limited pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 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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