Notice according to section 93 para 2 Austrian Stock Exchange Act (BörseG) per end of December 2016
IMMOFINANZ AG: Change in stake of voting rights of Erste Asset Management GmbH
Erste Asset Management GmbH notified on 22 December 2016 pursuant to section 91 et seq. Austrian Stock Exchange Act that Erste Asset Management GmbH and its controlled undertakings crossed a reporting threshold on 20 December 2016 and have a relevant interest in 39,042,380 shares of IMMOFINANZ AG, corresponding to 4.00% of the voting rights of IMMOFINANZ AG.
The relevant interest of Erste Asset Management GmbH* is shown below:
Class/Typ of Shares: Ordinary Shares AT0000809058 Number of voting rights: 39,042,380 (indirect, section 92 Austrian Stock Exchange Act) % of voting rights: 4.00% (indirect, section 92 Austrian Stock Exchange Act)
* The full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial/other instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity is shown below:
1. Erste Asset Management GmbH
Shares held directly (%): 3.46
Financial/other instruments held directly (%): none
Total of both (%): 3.46
2. ERSTE-SPARINVEST Kapitalanlagegesellschaft m.b.H. (directly controlled by No. 1)
Shares held directly (%): 0.54
Financial/other instruments held directly (%): none
Total of both (%): 0.54
It was notified that ERSTE-SPARINVEST Kapitalanlagegesellschaft m.b.H. is a subsidiary of Erste Asset Management GmbH. These capital investment companies (also including the branch of Erste Asset Management GmbH in the Czech Republic) are pursuing a common voting rights policy. The voting rights are not held directly by Erste Asset Management GmbH and ERSTE-SPARINVEST Kapitalanlagegesellschaft m.b.H. The voting rights are held by investment funds, each managed by the respective management company. Thus these shareholdings are not shareholdings of the management companies.