RENK AG: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG
[the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
RENK AG: Publication according to Article 26 section1 WpHG
Porsche Wolfgang 1. Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany, informed us according to Article 21 section 1 WpHG on December 16, 2014, that its proportion of voting rights in RENK AG, Augsburg, Germany, had fallen short of the threshold of 75%, 50%, 30%, 25%, 20%, 15%, 10%, 5%, and 3% of the voting rights on December 15, 2014, and amounted to 0% (which corresponds to 0 voting rights) on that day.
Augsburg, Germany, December 19, 2014
Executive Board
RENK AG: Publication according to Article 26 section1 WpHG
Dr. Wolfgang Porsche Holding GmbH, Salzburg, Austria, informed us according to Article 21 section 1 WpHG on December 17, 2014, that its proportion of voting rights in RENK AG, Augsburg, Germany, had exceeded the threshold of 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50%, and 75% of the voting rights on December 15, 2014, and amounted to 76.00% (which corresponds to 5,320,000 voting rights) on that day. The corporation is to be attributed 76.00% of the voting rights (which corresponds to 5,320,000 voting rights) according to Article 22 section 1, sentence1, no. 1 WpHG. The attributed voting rights are held by the following companies controlled by the corporation, each of whom holds a proportion of voting rights of 3 percent or more in RENK AG: Wolfgang Porsche GmbH, Grünwald, Familie Porsche Beteiligung GmbH, Grünwald, Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg, Truck & Bus GmbH, Wolfsburg, MAN SE, Munich.
Augsburg, Germany, December 19, 2014
Executive Board
RENK AG: Publication according to Article 26 section1 WpHG
Dr. Wolfgang Porsche Holding GmbH, Salzburg, Austria (the “Notifying Party”) notified us of the following on December 17, 2014, according to Article 27a section 1, sentence1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act), with respect to its voting rights announcement according to Article 21 section 1 WpHG of the same day:
The exceeding of the voting rights thresholds is not to be attributed to the acquisition of shares by the Notifying Party, but is rather due to a first-time attribution of voting rights to shares that are held by a subsidiary of the Notifying Party (Article 22 section 1, no. 1 WpHG).
- Aims pursued through the acquisition of voting rights (Article 27a section 1, sentence 3 WpHG)
a) The facts underlying the attribution of the voting rights neither serves to generate trading profits for the Notifying Party nor to implement strategic aims.
b) The Notifying Party does not intend to obtain additional voting rights within the next twelve months through acquisition or in any other way.
c) The Notifying Party does not currently seek to influence appointments to the issuer’s administration, management or supervisory bodies.
d) The Notifying Party does not currently seek to effect material changes to the issuer’s capital structure, particularly not the equity and debt financing ratio or the dividend policy. - Origin of funds employed (Article 27a section 1, sentence 4 WpHG)
The voting rights were only acquired due to the attribution of voting rights according to Article 22 section 1, no 1 WpHG. Own or borrowed funds were not used to finance the acquisition of the voting rights.
Augsburg, Germany, December 19, 2014
Executive Board
