EANS-Voting Rights: HeidelbergCement AG
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05.10.2009
Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: Deutsche Bank AG Place: Frankfurt State: Germany
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Name: HeidelbergCement AG Address: Berliner Straße 6, 69120 Heidelberg Place: Heidelberg State: Germany
On 28 September 2009 Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany, notified us according to Sec. 21 of the German Securities Trading Act that, in the course of the settlement of the capital increase, it has exceeded and fallen below the 10% threshold of voting rights in HeidelbergCement AG.
Further to this notification, on 5 October 2009, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany, has notified us pursuant Sec. 27a of the German Securities Trading Act that:
"1. the intention of the excess of the 10% threshold in voting rights of HeidelbergCement AG was not strategic and did not serve the purpose of making trading profit, but to technically settle the capital increase of HeidelbergCement AG, 2. it does not intend to obtain further voting rights in HeidelbergCement AG during the next 12 months, except for general trading activity in the normal course of its business, 3. it does not intend to influence the staffing of the management or supervisory board or any other controlling committee of HeidelbergCement AG, and 4. it does not intend to significantly change the capital structure, the equity debt ratio or the dividend policy of HeidelbergCement AG.
The purchase of the voting rights was financed using own resources."
Heidelberg, 5 October 2009 The Managing Board
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Branche: Construction & Property
ISIN: DE0006047004
WKN: 604700
Index: Midcap Market Index, MDAX, CDAX, Classic All Share, HDAX,
Prime All Share
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Berlin / free trade
Hamburg / free trade
Hannover / free trade
Stuttgart / regulated dealing
Düsseldorf / regulated dealing
München / regulated dealing
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