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zooplus AG
15.06.2020 / 12:35
Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
On June 12, 2020, zooplus AG received the following notification from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP pursuant to Section 43 (1) German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz, WpHG):
We represent the Capital Research and Management Company, 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA. In the name and on behalf of our client, the Capital Research and Management Company, we hereby notify you pursuant to Section 43 (1) WpHG:
- The Capital Research and Management Company is neither directly nor indirectly the owner of the shares which voting rights are attributable to it. Instead, these shares belong to one or more assets under management of Capital Research and Management Company or its subsidiaries. The Capital Research and Management Company is therefore not pursuing any strategic objectives with this investment.
- The Capital Research and Management Company does not intend to acquire further voting rights in zooplus AG on its own account or to obtain them in any other way within the next twelve months. Capital Research and Management Company cannot assess whether the assets under management of Capital Research and Management Company or its subsidiaries will acquire or otherwise obtain further voting rights in zooplus AG within the next twelve months. Any acquisition will depend on the prevailing market conditions and the investment objectives of the individual assets under management.
- The Capital Research and Management Company does not intend to influence the composition of the administrative, management and supervisory bodies of zooplus AG.
- The Capital Research and Management Company does not intend to make any significant changes to the capital structure of zooplus AG, particularly with regard to the ratio of equity and debt financing and the dividend policy.
- With regard to the origin of the funds used for the acquisition of the voting rights, the Capital Research and Management Company hereby announces that the voting rights of the Capital Research and Management Company were attributed to the Capital Research and Management Company in accordance with Section 34 (1) Sentence 1 No. 6 WpHG (partially in conjunction with Section 34 (1) Sentences 2 and 3 WpHG). Therefore, the Capital Research and Management Company did not finance the acquisition from its own funds or from external funds.
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