Rheinmetall AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)
Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of
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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Notification (Stimmrechtsmitteilung) pursuant to section 21 of the German
Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz, 'WpHG')
On July 8, 2009, upon registration of the capital increase of Rheinmetall
Aktiengesellschaft, 40476 Düsseldorf (the 'Company') with the commercial
register at the local court (Amtsgericht) of Düsseldorf, Goldman, Sachs &
Co. oHG,60308 Frankfurt am Main, Germany held 9.09% of the voting rights in
the Company.
Goldman, Sachs & Co. oHG is being controlled by Goldman, Sachs & Co. Finanz
GmbH, 60308 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and Goldman Sachs (Cayman) Holding
Company, Harbour Center, 2nd floor, P.O. Box 896, Georgetown, Grand Cayman,
Cayman Island.
Both Goldman, Sachs & Co. Finanz GmbH and Goldman Sachs (Cayman) Holding
Company are being controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 85 Broad
Street, New York, NY 10004, USA.
1. Herewith, we notify you pursuant to section 21 para. 1 WpHG on behalf of
Goldman, Sachs & Co. oHG
that on July 8, 2009 its holding of voting rights in the Company had
exceeded the thresholds of 3 % and 5 % of the voting rights and amounted to
9.09% (3,599,000 voting rights). The voting rights were held directly by
Goldman, Sachs & Co. oHG.
2. Herewith, we notify you pursuant to section 21 para. 1 WpHG on behalf of
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Finanz GmbH,Goldman Sachs (Cayman) Holding Company,
that on July 8, 2009 the holding of voting rights in the Company by each of
the aforementioned entities exceeded the thresholds of 3 % and 5 % of the
voting rights and amounted to 9.09% (3,599,000 voting rights). The voting
rights were attributed to each of the aforementioned entities pursuant to
section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG.
3. Herewith, we notify you pursuant to section 21 para. 1 WpHG on behalf of
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
that on July 8, 2009 the holding of voting rights in the Company by the
aforementioned entity exceeded the thresholds of 3 % and 5 % of the voting
rights and amounted to 9.12% (3,609,567 voting rights). 3,604,859 of the
voting rights were attributed to the aforementioned entity pursuant to
section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG, 4,708 voting rights (0.01%) are
held directly by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
4. Herewith, we notify you pursuant to section 21 para. 1 WpHG on behalf of
Goldman, Sachs & Co. oHG,Goldman, Sachs & Co. Finanz GmbH,
Goldman Sachs (Cayman) Holding Company,
that on July 10, 2009 the holding of voting rights in the Company by each
of the aforementioned entities has fallen below the thresholds of 5% and 3%
and amounts to 0% of the voting rights (0 voting rights) since then.
5. Herewith, we notify you pursuant to section 21 para. 1 WpHG on behalf of
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. that on July 10, 2009 the holding of voting
rights in the Company by the aforementioned entity has fallen below the
thresholds of 5% and 3% and amounts to 0.12 % of the voting rights (47,068
voting rights) since then. 5,859 of the voting rights were attributed to
the aforementioned entity pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 1
WpHG, 41,209 voting rights (0.10%) are held directly by The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc.
Rheinmetall AG
Der Vorstand
14.07.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Issuer: Rheinmetall AG
Rheinmetall Platz 1
40476 Düsseldorf
Deutschland
Internet: www.rheinmetall.com
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