24/05/2013
Commerzbank AG
24.05.2013 13:28
Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by
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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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1. Pursuant to Article 25a WpHG, HSBC Holdings plc, London, United Kingdom
has notified to us the following:
a) The percentage of Voting Rights of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG,
Düsseldorf, Germany in Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ISIN:
DE000CBK1001, WKN: CBK100 on the basis of holding financial instruments and
other share based instruments pursuant to Article 25a WpHG exceeded the
threshold of 5% on 14 May 2013 and amounted to 5.70% (33,205,251 Voting
Rights) as per this date.
The percentage of Voting Rights of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG,
Düsseldorf, Germany in Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ISIN:
DE000CBK1001, WKN: CBK100 fell below the threshold of 5% on 17 May 2013 and
amounted to 0% (0 Voting Rights) as per this date.
b) The percentage of Voting Rights of HSBC Germany Holdings GmbH,
Düsseldorf, Germany in Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ISIN:
DE000CBK1001, WKN: CBK100 on the basis of holding financial instruments and
other share based instruments pursuant to Article 25a WpHG exceeded the
threshold of 5% on 14 May 2013 and amounted to 5.70% (33,205,251 Voting
Rights) as per this date. 5.70% (33,205,251 Voting Rights) of the
aforementioned Voting Rights were held indirectly. The string of
controlled companies is HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, Düsseldorf, Germany.
The percentage of Voting Rights of HSBC Germany Holdings GmbH, Düsseldorf,
Germany in Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ISIN: DE000CBK1001,
WKN: CBK100 fell below the threshold of 5% on 17 May 2013 and amounted to
0% (0 Voting Rights) as per this date.
c) The percentage of Voting Rights of HSBC Bank plc, London, United Kingdom
in Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ISIN: DE000CBK1001, WKN:
CBK100 on the basis of holding financial instruments and other share based
instruments pursuant to Article 25a WpHG exceeded the threshold of 5% on 14
May 2013 and amounted to 6.77% (39,475,401 Voting Rights) as per this date.
5.70% (33,205,251 Voting Rights) of the aforementioned Voting Rights were
held indirectly. The string of controlled companies is HSBC Germany
Holdings GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany / HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG,
Düsseldorf, Germany.
Regarding the details of the financial instruments the following has been
notified:
ISIN, Denotation Due Date Expiration Date
OTC Short Put Option Basket (physical delivery) 12.06.2013
OTC Short Put Option Basket (physical delivery) 01.09.2014
OTC Short Put Option Basket (physical delivery) 08.11.2013
OTC Short Put Option Single Stock (physical delivery) 12.05.2014
Equity Swap 13.03.2014
Equity Swap 28.05.2014
Placement Agreement 17.05.2013
The percentage of Voting Rights of HSBC Bank plc, London, United Kingdom in
Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ISIN: DE000CBK1001, WKN: CBK100
fell below the threshold of 5% on 17 May 2013 and amounted to 1.07%
(6,220,839 Voting Rights) as per this date.
Regarding the details of the financial instruments the following has been
notified:
ISIN, Denotation Due Date Expiration Date
OTC Short Put Option Basket (physical delivery) 12.06.2013
OTC Short Put Option Basket (physical delivery) 01.09.2014
OTC Short Put Option Basket (physical delivery) 08.11.2013
OTC Short Put Option Single Stock (physical delivery) 12.05.2014
Equity Swap 13.03.2014
Equity Swap 28.05.2014
d) The percentage of Voting Rights of HSBC Holdings plc, London, United
Kingdom in Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ISIN: DE000CBK1001,
WKN: CBK100 on the basis of directly hold shares and indirectly hold
financial instruments and other share based instruments pursuant to Article
25a WpHG exceeded the threshold of 5% on 14 May 2013 and amounted to 6.79%
(39,598,213 Voting Rights) as per this date. 6.77% (39,475,401 Voting
Rights) of the aforementioned Voting Rights were held indirectly on the
basis of financial instruments pursuant to Article 25a WpHG. The percentage
of Voting Rights pursuant to Articles 21 and 22 WpHG amounted to 0.02%
(122,812 Voting Rights). The string of controlled companies is HSBC Bank
plc, London, United Kingdom / HSBC Germany Holdings GmbH, Düsseldorf,
Germany / HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Regarding the details of the financial instruments the following has been
notified:
ISIN, Denotation Due Date Expiration Date
OTC Short Put Option Basket (physical delivery) 12.06.2013
OTC Short Put Option Basket (physical delivery) 01.09.2014
OTC Short Put Option Basket (physical delivery) 08.11.2013
OTC Short Put Option Single Stock (physical delivery) 12.05.2014
Equity Swap 13.03.2014
Equity Swap 28.05.2014
Placement Agreement 17.05.2013
The percentage of Voting Rights of HSBC Holdings plc, London, United
Kingdom in Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ISIN: DE000CBK1001,
WKN: CBK100 fell below the threshold of 5% on 17 May 2013 and amounted to
1.09% (6,343,652 Voting Rights). 1.07% (6,220,839 Voting Rights) of the
aforementioned Voting Rights were held indirectly on the basis of financial
instruments pursuant to Article 25a WpHG. The percentage of Voting Rights
pursuant to Articles 21 and 22 WpHG amounted to 0.02% (122,812 Voting
Rights). The string of controlled companies is HSBC Bank plc, London,
United Kingdom.
Regarding the details of the financial instruments the following has been
notified:
ISIN, Denotation Due Date Expiration Date
OTC Short Put Option Basket (physical delivery) 12.06.2013
OTC Short Put Option Basket (physical delivery) 01.09.2014
OTC Short Put Option Basket (physical delivery) 08.11.2013
OTC Short Put Option Single Stock (physical delivery) 12.05.2014
Equity Swap 13.03.2014
Equity Swap 28.05.2014
The other instruments pursuant to Article 25a (1) WpHG ('Placement
Agreement') on which these announcements are based are the result of
underwriting a syndicate share and signing a placement agreement in
connection with the placement on 14 May 2013. The Due Date and the
Expiration Date respectively is 17 May 2013 in accordance with the
settlement of the placement.
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Language: English
Company: Commerzbank AG
Kaiserplatz
60261 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Internet: www.commerzbank.de
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