ADVA Optical Networking SE

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Apr 4, 2018

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Voting Rights Announcements | 4 April 2018 20:06

ADVA Optical Networking SE: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

ADVA Optical Networking SE

04.04.2018 / 20:06

Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement transmitted by DGAP – a service of EQS Group AG.

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Notification of Major Holdings

1. Details of issuerADVA Optical Networking SE

Märzenquelle 1-3

98617 Meiningen-Dreissigacker

Germany

2. Reason for notification

X	Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights
	Acquisition/disposal of instruments
	Change of breakdown of voting rights
	Other reason:

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name:	City and country of registered office:
Morgan Stanley	Wilmington, Delaware United States of America (USA)

4. Names of shareholder(s)

holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3.

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:26 March 2018

6. Total positions

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 7.a.)	% of voting rights through instruments (total of 7.b.1 + 7.b.2)	total of both in % (7.a. + 7.b.)	total number of voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation	3.08 %	6.05 %	9.13 %	49,735,549
Previous notification	1.37 %	0.26 %	1.63 %	/

7. Notified details of the resulting situation

a. Voting rights attached to shares (Sec.s 33, 34 WpHG)

ISIN	absolute		in %
	direct (Sec. 33 WpHG)	indirect (Sec. 34 WpHG)	direct (Sec. 33 WpHG)	indirect (Sec. 34 WpHG)
DE0005103006	0	1,529,978	0.00 %	3.08 %
Total	1,529,978		3.08 %

b.1. Instruments according to Sec. 38 para. 1 No. 1 WpHG

Type of instrument	Expiration or maturity date	Exercise or conversion period	Voting rights absolute	Voting rights in %
Right of recall over securities lending agreements	at any time	at any time	3,010,931	6.05 %
		Total	3,010,931	6.05 %

b.2. Instruments according to Sec. 38 para. 1 No. 2 WpHG

Type of instrument	Expiration or maturity date	Exercise or conversion period	Cash or physical settlement	Voting rights absolute	Voting rights in %
Retail Structured Product	02.02.2067	at any time	Cash	3	0.00001 %
			Total	3	0.00001 %

8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

	Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled and does itself not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer (1.).
X	Full chain of controlled undertakings starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity:

Name	% of voting rights (if at least held 3% or more)	% of voting rights through instruments (if at least held 5% or more)	Total of both (if at least held 5% or more)
Morgan Stanley	%	%	%
Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC	%	%	%
Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc.	%	%	%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC	%	%	%
Morgan Stanley	%	%	%
Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc.	%	%	%
Morgan Stanley International Limited	%	%	%
Morgan Stanley Investments (UK)	%	%	%
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc	%	%	5.05 %
Morgan Stanley	%	%	%
Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC	%	%	%
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.	%	%	%
Morgan Stanley	%	%	%
Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC	%	%	%
Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc.	%	%	%
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC	%	%	%

9. In case of proxy voting according to Sec. 34 para. 3 WpHG

Date of general meeting:
Holding position after general meeting:	% (equals voting rights)

10. Other explanatory remarks:

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Language:	English
Company:	ADVA Optical Networking SE
	Märzenquelle 1-3
	98617 Meiningen-Dreissigacker
	Germany
Internet:	www.advaoptical.com

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