Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA 

31.05.2012 09:57

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On May 29th, 2012 Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, Dortmund,
Germany, has given us notice pursuant to section 27a of German Securities
Trading Act (WpHG) as follows:

'Reference is made to our notice pursuant to section 21 para. 1 and section
22 para. 2 of German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) as of today according to
which we gave notice that the share of Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V.
Dortmund (hereinafter 'Club') has exceeded the thresholds of 10 % and 15 %
of the voting rights of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA, Rheinlanddamm
207-209, 44137 Dortmund, Germany (hereinafter 'BVB-KGaA'), on May 25th,
2012 and on that day amounted 18.79 % of the voting rights (11,539,909
shares/voting rights); whereby Club directly holds 7.24 % of the votings
rights (4,448,000 shares/voting rights) and further 11.55 % of the votings
rights (7,091,909 shares/voting rights) have to be attributed to Club
pursuant to section 22 para. 2 WpHG in its entirety from Bernd Geske,
Germany. This attribution refers to a shareholder voting agreement
concluded by and between Club and Bernd Geske with a minimum term until
midyear 2017. Essential parts of this agreement are a contractual voting
commitment of Bernd Geske in favour of Club regarding the voting rights in
BVB-KGaA and a mutual obligation to inform and consult each party regarding
any change of their shares in BVB-KGaA. Having said this, we hereby give
notice pursuant to section 27a WpHG as follows:

− The investment, i.e. the share of Club in BVB-KGaA as well as the
conclusion of the aforesaid shareholder voting agreement, is used to
implement strategic objectives and achievement of Club's purpose and tasks.

− The Club does intend to obtain further voting rights by acquisition or
any other way within the next twelve months.

− The Club does not intend to influence the composition of the issuers'
management or supervisory board of BVB-KGaA. The Club has already influence
as sole shareholder of the general partner of BVB-KGaA which is the
Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH.

− The Club does not intend to change the capital structure of the company,
especially with regards to the ratio of internal/outside financing and the
dividend policy.

− Regarding the source of funds we confirm that the Club has acquired all
shares which are directly hold by Club with total (100%) own resources and
that, moreover, we did not expend any resources for the shares which have
to be attributed to us from Bernd Geske. As mentioned above the attribution
refers to a shareholder voting agreement concluded by and between Club and
Bernd Geske.

Dortmund, May 31st, 2012
Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA
Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH



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Language:     English
Company:      Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA
              Rheinlanddamm 207 - 209
              44139 Dortmund
              Germany
Internet:     www.borussia-aktie.de
 
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