Polytec Holding AG

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 29, 2018

publication: 29.03.2018 15:20 source: http://adhoc.pressetext.com/news/1522329600345 keywords: Company / Voting rights / POLYTEC HOLDING AG

Holding announcement according to article 135 section 2 BörseG (ESMA 2015/1597)

POLYTEC HOLDING AG: Release according to art. 135 section 2 BörseG

Hoersching (pta031/29.03.2018/15:20) - Release of Announcement according to art. 135 section 2 BörseG Notification of Major Holdings

1. Issuer:

POLYTEC HOLDING AG, Polytec-Straße 1, 4063 Hörsching, Austria

2. Reason for notification:

Acquisition / disposal of shares with voting rights

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name: The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (CGC) City and country of registered office: Los Angeles, USA - United States

1. Names of shareholder(s) holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. and American Funds Insurance Series ¿ Global Small Capitalization Fund

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached

27.03.2018

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 on the date on which threshold was crossed / reached	3.92	0.00	3.92	22,329,585
Position of previous notification	4,37	0,00	4,37

7. Notified details of the resulting situation

7.a. Voting rights attached to shares

ISIN code	absolute direct (Sec 130 BörseG 2018)	absolute indirect (Sec 133 BörseG 2018)	in % direct (Sec 130 BörseG 2018)	in % indirect (Sec 133 BörseG 2018)
AT0000A00XX9	0	876,325	0.00	3.92
Total:		876,325		3.92

7.b.1. Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 1 BörseG 2018

Type of instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise Period	Voting Rights Absolute	Voting Rights in %
		Total:

7.b.2 Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 2 BörseG 2018

Type of	Expiration Date	Exercise Period	Physical /Cash	Voting Rights	Voting Rights in
instrument			Settlement	Absolute	%
			Total:

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

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial/other instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity.

No.	Name	Directly controlled by	Shares held directly (%)	Financial/other instruments	Total of both (%)
		No.		held directly (%)
1	The Capital
	Group
	Companies, Inc.
	(CGC)
2	Capital	1
	Research and
	Management
	Company
	(CRMC)

9. In case of proxy voting

Date of general meeting: N/A

10. Additional Information

CGC is the parent company of CRMC. CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management company that manages the American Funds family of mutual funds. CRMC manages equity assets for various investment companies through three divisions, Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors. CRMC in turn is the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc. (CGII), which in turn is the parent company of five investment management companies (CGII management companies): Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital International K.K. The CGII management companies primarily serve as investment managers to institutional clients.

Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares for its own account. Rather, the shares reported are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above.

As noted above, CGC is the parent company of CRMC and in turn, CRMC is the investment adviser to SCWF and VISC. As of 27 March 2018, SCWF held 792.055 shares (3,55%) and VISC held 84.270 shares (0,38%). SCWF and VISC are the direct owner of the shares disclosed as of 27 March 2018. As investment adviser to SCWF and VISC, shares managed by CRMC (and disclosed by CGC as the parent company of CRMC) as of 27 March 2018 were 876.325 shares (3,92%).

Los Angeles, California, USA am 29.3.2018

emitter:	POLYTEC HOLDING AG Polytec-Straße 1 4063 Hörsching Austria
contact person:	Mag. Paul Rettenbacher
phone:	+43 7221 701 292
e-mail:	paul.rettenbacher@polytec-group.com
website:	www.polytec-group.com
ISIN(s):	AT0000A00XX9 (share)
stock exchanges:	official trade in Vienna

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