euro adhoc: Arcandor AG
Release of a voting rights announcement according to
article 26, section 1.1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of a
Europe-wide distribution
Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement.
Person/company obliged to make the notification: Name: Julius Bär Holding AG Place: 8001 Zurich State: Switzerland
Company data: Name: Arcandor AG Address: Theodor-Althoff-Straße 2, 45133 Essen Place: Essen State: Germany
18.09.2007
Notification in line with Article 26 of the Securities Trading Act
In a letter dated September 14, 2007, Julius Bär Holding AG (Switzerland) informed Arcandor AG of the following: Hiermit teilen wir Ihnen gemäß § 21 Abs. 1 WpHG mit, dass unser Stimmrechtsanteil an der Arcandor AG am 20. November 2006 die Schwelle von 5% überschritten hat und 5,26% betrug (genaue Stimmrechtsanzahl: 11.080.664 Aktien), sowohl in Bezug auf die Gesamtmenge der Stimmrechte des Emittenten als auch und in Bezug auf alle mit Stimmrechten versehenen Aktien ein und derselben Gattung (per 3. September 2007 betrug unser Stimmrechtsanteil 5,78% (genaue Stimmrechtsanzahl: 12.555.852 Aktien).
Die Stimmrechte per 20. November 2006 (wie auch per 3. September 2007) sind uns vollständig nach § 22 Abs. 1 Satz 1 Nr. 6 WpHG i.V.m. § 22 Abs. 1 Satz 2 WpHG zuzurechnen.
Translation of the notification:
In line with Article 21 (1) of the Securities Trading Act, we hereby inform you that our share of voting rights in Arcandor AG moved above the 5% threshold on November 20, 2006 and constituted 5.26% (exact number of voting rights: 11,080,664 shares), both with respect to the total number of the issuer´s voting rights and with respect to all shares of the same type to which voting rights are allocated (as at September 3, 2007 our share of voting rights was 5.78% (exact number of voting rights: 12,555,852 shares).
In accordance with Article 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 of the Securities Trading Act in conjunction with Article 22 (1) sentence 2 of the Securities Trading Act, at November 20, 2006 (also as at September 3, 2007) the voting rights are to be allocated to us in full.
Essen, September 18, 2007
THE MANAGEMENT BOARD
end of announcement euro adhoc 18.09.2007 11:16:38
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ISIN: DE0006275001
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