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
Sep 17, 2014 5:36 PM
Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA 17.09.2014 17:36 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, on September 17th, 2014 has given us notice pursuant to section 21 para. 1 and section 22 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that its share in the voting rights of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA, Rheinlanddamm 207-209, 44137 Dortmund, Germany, on September 10th, 2014 has falling below the threshold of 15% and on that day amounted to 13.74% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 12,643,909 shares/voting rights), whereby (a) Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund directly holds 4.83% of the votings rights (this corresponds to 4,448,000 shares/voting rights), (b) 0.70% of the votings rights (this corresponds to 644,000 shares/voting rights) have to be attributed pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 2 WpHG and (c) 8.21% of the votings rights (this corresponds to 7,551,909 shares/voting rights) have to be attributed pursuant to section 22 para. 2 WpHG. Voting rights are to be attributed by the following limited shareholder, whose share of the voting rights in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounts to 3% or more: - Bernd Geske, Germany. 2. Mr. Bernd Geske, Germany, on September 17th, 2014 has given us notice pursuant to section 21 para. 1 and section 22 WpHG that its share in the voting rights of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA, Rheinlanddamm 207-209, 44137 Dortmund, Germany, on September 10th, 2014 has falling below the threshold of 15% and on that day amounted to 13.74% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 12,643,909 shares/voting rights), whereby (a) Mr. Bernd Geske directly holds 7.94% of the votings rights (this corresponds to 7,301,909 shares/voting rights), (b) 0.27% of the votings rights (this corresponds to 250,000 shares/voting rights) have to be attributed pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 2 WpHG and (c) 5.53% of the votings rights (this corresponds to 5,092,000 shares/voting rights) have to be attributed pursuant to section 22 para. 2 WpHG. Voting rights are to be attributed by the following limited shareholder, whose share of the voting rights in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounts to 3% or more: - Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany. Dortmund, September 17th, 2014 Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH 17.09.2014 The DGAP 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: Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA Rheinlanddamm 207 - 209 44137 Dortmund Germany Internet: www.bvb.de/aktie // www.aktie.bvb.de End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------