Release according to article 40 para. 1 WpHG
OVB Holding AG: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG
Cologne (pta035/17.10.2019/17:00 UTC+2) - Release of Voting Rights Announcement
Voting Rights Announcement
1. Details of issuer
| Name: | OVB Holding AG |
| Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): | 391200YVRGI53NXMSV66 |
| Street: | Heumarkt 1 |
| Postal code: | 50667 |
| City: | Köln, Germany |
2. Reason for notification
Voluntary notification regarding an 'acting in concert' (cf. section 10)
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Legal entity: SIGNAL IDUNA Lebensversicherung a. G.
City and country of registered office:
Hamburg,
Germany
4. Names of shareholders holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3.
Generali CEE Holding B. V.; Basler Beteiligungsholding GmbH; SIGNAL IDUNA Krankenversicherung a. G.
5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached
14.10.2019
6. Total positions
| % of voting rights attached to shares (total of 7.a.) | % of voting rights through instruments (total of 7.b.1 + 7.b.2) | Total of both in % (7.a. + 7.b.) | Total number of voting rights pursuant to Sec. 41 WpHG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | 96.98 | 0.00 | 96.98 | 14,251,314 |
| Previous notification (if applicable) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
7. Details on total positions
a. Voting rights attached to shares (Sec.s 33, 34 WpHG)
| ISIN | Absolute direct (Sec. 33 WpHG) | Absolute indirect (Sec. 34 WpHG) | In % direct (Sec. 33 WpHG) | In % indirect (Sec. 34 WpHG) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE0006286560 | 4,512,866 | 9,307,924 | 31.67 | 65.31 |
| Total: | 13,820,790 | 96.98 |
b.1. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 1 WpHG
| type of instrument | Maturity / Expiration | Exercise or conversion period | Voting Rights Absolute | Voting Rights in % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total: |
b.2. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 2 WpHG
| type of instrument | Maturity / Expiration | Exercise or conversion period | Cash or physical transaction | Voting Rights Absolute | Voting Rights in % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total: |
8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled nor does it control any other undertaking(s) that directly or indirectly hold(s) an interest in the (underlying) issuer (1.).
9. In case of proxy voting according to Sec. 34 para. 3 WpHG
(only in case of attribution of voting rights in accordance with Sec. 34 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 WpHG)
Date of general meeting: N/A
Holding total positions (6.) after general meeting:
| Proportion of voting rights | Proportion of instruments | Total of both |
|---|---|---|
| % | % | % |
10. Other useful information
On the basis of the amended administrative practice of BaFin in relation to the judgement of the Federal Court of Justice of 25 September 2018 (II ZR 190/17), the existing pool agreements between Basler Beteiligungsholding GmbH, SIGNAL IDUNA Lebensversicherung a. G. and Generali Lebensversicherung (Pool Agreement 2000) and between the core shareholders of the SIGNAL IDUNA Group and the Basler Group (Pool Agreement 2010) are deemed acting in concert in accordance with section 34(2) WpHG. As a result of Generali CEE Holding B. V. joining Pool Agreement 2000 as at the above date (cf. parallel notification by Assicurazioni Generali SpA), the voting rights of the existing pool members and of SIGNAL IDUNA Krankenversicherung a. G. and SIGNAL IDUNA Unfallversicherung, which form a group of equal subsidiaries with SIGNAL IDUNA Lebensversicherung a. G., are attributed to one another.
Date
16.10.2019
(end)
| Emitter: |
OVB Holding AG Heumarkt 1 50667 Köln Germany |
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|---|---|---|
| Contact Person: | Brigitte Bonifer | |
| Phone: | +49 221 20 15-288 | |
| E-Mail: | bbonifer@ovb.de | |
| Website: | www.ovb.eu | |
| ISIN(s): | DE0006286560 (Share) | |
| Stock Exchange(s): | Regulated Market in Frankfurt; Free Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart |