Mr. Oliver Jaster, Germany, notified us on 17 November 2015 pursuant to Section 21 (1) WpHG that his share of the voting rights in our Company exceeded the threshold of 30% on 17 November 2015 and now amounts to 30.0001%. This equates to 8,038,356 voting rights. A share of 30.0001% of the voting rights (corresponding to 8,038,356 voting rights) is attributable to Mr. Jaster under Section 22 (1) (1) (1) WpHG through Orpheus Capital II GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany, Orpheus Capital II Management GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, Günther Holding GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, and Günther GmbH, Bamberg, Germany.
Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, notified us on 18 September 2017 that its share of the voting rights changed from 5.004% to 4.96% on 7 September 2017 as a result of the change in the total number of voting rights. A share of 4.96% of the voting rights (corresponding to 1,460,344 voting rights) is attributable to the company under Section 22 (1) (1) (6) WpHG.
MAX Automation released a statement on 19 January 2018 pursuant to Section 33 WpHG that it had received notification on 18 January 2018 that LBBW Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft mbH, Stuttgart, Germany, had reduced its share of the voting rights from 5.25% to 4.99% on 12 January 2018 through the sale of voting rights through a separate managed fund of Baden-Württembergische Versorgungsanstalt für Ärzte, Zahnärzte und Tierärzte and now holds 1,470,724 of the total number of voting rights of 29,459,415.
MAX Automation released a statement on 22 January 2018 pursuant to Section 33 WpHG that it had received notification on 22 January 2018 that Baden-Württembergische Versorgungsanstalt für Ärzte, Zahnärzte und Tierärzte, Tübingen, Germany, had reduced its share of voting rights from 8.94% to 4.99% on 12 January 2018 through the sale of shares with voting rights and now holds 1,470,724 voting rights out of the total number of 29,459,415 voting rights.
MAX Automation released a statement on 27 February 2018 pursuant to Section 33 WpHG that it had received notification on 27 February 2018 that Mr. Werner O. Weber had increased his share of the voting rights to 5.53% on 20 December 2017 through the acquisition of shares with voting rights and now holds 1,630,000 of the total number of 29,459,415 voting rights.
MAX Automation released a statement on 29 October 2018 pursuant to Section 40 (1) WpHG that it had received notification on 1 October 2018 that LOYS Investment S.A., Munsbach, Luxembourg, had increased its share of the voting rights from 3.145% to 5.058% on 25 October through the acquisition of shares with voting rights and now holds 1,489,945 voting rights out of the total number of 29,459,415 voting rights.
MAX Automation released a statement on 31 October 2019 pursuant to Section 40 WpHG that it had received notification on 1 October 2019 that Universal-Investment-GmbH, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, had increased its share of voting rights from 2.9997% to 3.28% on 25 October 2019 through the acquisition of shares with voting rights and now holds 966,550 voting rights out of the total number of 29,459,415 voting rights.
On 15 June 2020, MAX Automation released a statement pursuant to Section 40 (1) WpHG that it received notification on 15 June 2020 that Monega Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, Cologne, Germany, had reduced its voting rights from 3.16% to 2.87% through the sale of shares with voting rights and now holds 844,957 voting rights of the total number of voting rights of 29,459,415.
On July 24, 2020, MAX Automation released a statement pursuant to Section 40 (1) WpHG that it had received notification on 22 July 2020 that Ampega Investment GmbH, Cologne, Germany, had acquired a 3.05% share of voting rights on 19 June 2020 through the purchase of shares with voting rights and now holds 900,000 voting rights of the total number of 29,459,415 voting rights. In addition, MAX Automation released a statement pursuant to Section 40 (1) WpHG on 24 July 2020 that it received a correction notification on 23 July 2020 according to which Ampega Investment GmbH, Cologne, Germany, acquired a 3.06% share of voting rights on 19 June 2020 through the acquisition of shares with voting rights and now holds 900,000 voting rights of the total number of 29,459,415 voting rights.
MAX Automation released a statement on 24 July 2020 pursuant to Section 40 (1) WpHG that it had received notification on 1 October 22 that Universal-Investment-GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, had increased its share of voting rights from 2020% to 3.05% on 2020 October 19, through the acquisition of shares with voting rights and now holds 900,000 voting rights out of the total of 29,459,415 voting rights. In addition, in accordance with Section 40 (1) WpHG, MAX Automation published on July 24, 2020 that it had received a correction notification on July 23, 2020, according to which Ampega Investment GmbH, Cologne, Germany, would acquire shares on June 19, 2020 with voting rights has acquired a voting right share of 3.06% and now holds 900,000 voting rights of the total number of voting rights of 29,459,415.
On August 25, 2020, MAX Automation released a statement in accordance with Section 40 (1) WpHG that it had received a voluntary Group notification on 24 August 2020 from Mr. Oliver Jaster, Germany, due to a subsidiary’s threshold being reached. Accordingly, LS Digital & Management Services GmbH & Co. KG acquired 5.33% of the voting rights through the acquisition of shares with voting rights. Overall, Mr. Jaster’s share of the voting rights is now 40.25% (this equates to 11,858,737 voting rights). 5.33% of the voting rights (this equates to 1,570,187 voting rights) held by Mr. Jaster pursuant to Section 22 (1) (1) (1) WpHG through LS Digital & Management Services GmbH & Co.KG, Bamberg, Germany, Orpheus Capital II Management GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany, Günther Holding SE, Hamburg, Germany, and Günther SE, Bamberg, Germany. A share of 34.92% of the voting rights (corresponding to 10,287,228 voting rights) is attributable to Mr. Jaster under Section 22 (1) (1) (1) WpHG through Orpheus Capital II GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany, Orpheus Capital II Management GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany, Günther Holding GmbH, Hamburg, Germany and Günther GmbH, Bamberg, Germany.
MAX Automation released a statement on 25 August 2020 pursuant to Section 40 (1) WpHG that it had received notification that Ampega Investment GmbH, Cologne, Germany, had reduced its voting rights from 3.06% to 1.66% on 24 August 2020 through the sale of shares with voting rights and now holds 488,803 voting rights of the total number of 29,459,415 voting rights.
MAX Automation released a statement on 1 September 2020 pursuant to Section 40 (1) WpHG that it had received a voluntary Group notification on 1 September 2020 from Mr. Oliver Jaster, Germany, due to a subsidiary’s threshold being reached, according to which a mutual allocation of voting right rights had been agreed between LS Digital & Management Services GmbH & Co. KG and Orpheus Capital II GmbH & Co. KG on the basis of a voting agreement that entered into force on 26 August 2020.
MAX Automation released a statement on 15 October 2020 pursuant to Section 40 (1) WpHG that it had received notification on 14 October 2020 that Axxion S.A., Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, had reduced its voting rights from 5.10% to 4.94% on 13 October 2020 by selling shares with voting rights and now holds 1,454,379 voting rights of the total number of 29,459,415 voting rights.