Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • May 10, 2011
Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements
Open in ViewerOpens in native device viewer
News Details
Voting Rights Announcements | 10 May 2011 14:59
Gildemeister Aktiengesellschaft: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
Gildemeister Aktiengesellschaft
10.05.2011 14:59
Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by
DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
By letter of 19 April 2011 Joh. Berenberg Gossler & Co.KG,Hamburg,
Germany, has informed us according to § 21 para 1 WpHG, that their share of
voting rights of GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft, Gildemeisterstraße 60,
33689 Bielefeld, Germany, has exceeded the thresholds of 3%, 5% and 10% as
of 13 April 2011 and as of this day amounts to 10.11% (6,084,020 shares).
By letter of 28 April 2011 Joh. Berenberg Gossler & Co. KG, Hamburg,
Germany, has informed us according to Sec. 21 para 1 WpHG, that their share
voting rights of GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft, Gildemeisterstraße 60,
33689 Bielefeld, Germany, has fallen below the thresholds of 10%, 5% and 3%
as of 15 April 2011 and as of this day amounts to 0% (0 shares).
Following the notification regarding the threshold exceeding Joh. Berenberg
Gossler & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany has informed us by letter of 6 May 2011
pursuant to § 27a WpHG of the aims pursued with the purchase and the origin
of the funds used for the purchase as follows:
The acquisition of voting rights of GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft
which exceeded the notification threshold of 10% was not for the purposes
of implementing strategic goals but resulted mainly from carrying out the
capital increase of GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft as well as in small
part to achieving trading profits.
Joh. Berenberg Gossler & Co. KG does not intend to obtain further voting
rights of GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft by way of acquisition or in any
other way within the next twelve months, except in the event of commercial
transactions within the scope of ordinary business.
Joh. Berenberg Gossler & Co. KG does not aspire to gain influence over
appointments to the Executive Board, Supervisory Board or any other
administrative, management or supervisory body of GILDEMEISTER
Aktiengesellschaft.
Joh. Berenberg Gossler & Co. KG does not aspire to cause a significant
change in the capital structure of GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft,
especially also not in view of the relationship between equity and
borrowings and the dividend policy.
The acquisition was made using our own funds.
GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft
The Executive Board
10.05.2011 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,
Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de
Language: English
Company: Gildemeister Aktiengesellschaft
Gildemeisterstraße 60
33689 Bielefeld
Deutschland
Internet: www.gildemeister.com
End of Announcement DGAP News-Service
Building tools?
Free accounts include 100 API calls/year for testing.
Have a question? We'll get back to you promptly.