On 30 July 2013, Vodafone Vierte Verwaltungs AG (formerly Vodafone
Vierte Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH), Düsseldorf, Germany (the "Bidder"),
published the offer document for its voluntary public takeover offer
(the "Takeover Offer") to the shareholders of Kabel
Deutschland Holding AG, Unterföhring, Deutschland (the "Target
Company"), to acquire all non-par value bearer shares (ISIN
DE000KD88880) in the Target Company (collectively the “KDH Shares“
and individually "KDH Share"). The acceptance period for the
Takeover Offer expires on 11 September 2013, 24:00 hrs (local time at
Frankfurt am Main), unless extended pursuant to the statutory provisions
of the WpÜG.
On 4 September 2013, 5:30 pm (local time at Frankfurt am Main) (the “Reference
Date“), the Vodafone Group Plc, Newbury, England (“Vodafone”),
a person acting jointly with the Bidder within the meaning of section 2
para. 5 WpÜG, held 3,782,179 KDH Shares; this corresponds to
approximately 4.27% of the share capital and voting rights of the Target
Company.
Until the Reference Date, the Takeover Offer has been accepted for a
total of 1,392,543 KDH Shares. This corresponds to approximately 1.57%
of the share capital and voting rights of the Target Company.
Furthermore, neither the Bidder, nor any person acting jointly with it
within the meaning of section 2 para. 5 WpÜG, nor any of their
subsidiaries, held any additional KDH Shares or financial instruments or
other instruments within the meaning of sections 25, 25a WpHG on the
Reference Date. Moreover, no further voting rights from KDH Shares were
attributed to them as of the Reference Date.
As of the Reference Date, the aggregate number of KDH Shares held by the
Bidder and persons acting jointly with the Bidder plus the number of
KDH Shares for which the Takeover Offer has been accepted until the
Reference Date amounts to 5,174,722 KDH Shares. This corresponds to
approximately 5.85% of the share capital and voting rights of the Target
Company.
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