HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft: Veröffentlichung gemäß § 26 Abs. 1 WpHG mit dem Ziel der europaweiten Verbreitung HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft 06.05.2013 20:05 Veröffentlichung einer Stimmrechtsmitteilung, übermittelt durch die DGAP - ein Unternehmen der EquityStory AG. Für den Inhalt der Mitteilung ist der Emittent verantwortlich. Von der nachfolgend genannten Gesellschaft wurde uns am 6. Mai 2013 gemäß § 27a Abs. 1 WpHG Folgendes mitgeteilt: Dear Sirs, We, Major Assets, S.L., Madrid, Spain, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A., Madrid, Spain, refer to our voting rights notification pursuant to Section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act as of 25 April 2013 regarding our holding exceeding the thresholds of 10% and 15% of the voting rights in HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft on 24 April 2013 and notify you pursuant to Section 27a para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act as follows: 1. The investment in HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft serves the implementation of strategic objectives. 2. Our parent company, ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A., intends to acquire, directly or indirectly, additional voting rights in HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft within the next twelve months. This may also imply the acquisition of further voting rights in HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft by Major Assets S.L. within the next twelve months. 3. We currently do not aim at influencing the composition of administrative, management or supervisory bodies of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft. However, we point out that one members of the supervisory board of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft holds office as legal representative of the sole administrator of Major Assets, S.L. and that he, in his capacity as member of the supervisory board of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft, would be, inter alia, involved in the appointment and revocation from office of members of the management board of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft which may become necessary. In addition, our parent company ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A., intends to exercise its voting rights in the general meeting of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft to have a number of its directors, representatives, employees and appointees in the supervisory board of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft as it considers appropriate and may - as in the past - support the appointment of new management board members of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft which have or have held positions or other affiliations with ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. and its affiliates. 4. We do not seek a significant change in the capital structure of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft, in particular not in respect of the ratio of equity financing and debt financing and the dividend policy. 5. The voting rights have been acquired by a merger of Corporate Statement, S.L., Avenida de Pío XII, 102, 28036 Madrid, Spain, with and into Major Assets, S.L. As a result of this acquisition we have assumed 48,9% own funds and 51,1% external funds of Corporate Statement S.L. Yours sincerely Major Assets, S.L. 06.05.2013 Die DGAP Distributionsservices umfassen gesetzliche Meldepflichten, Corporate News/Finanznachrichten und Pressemitteilungen. DGAP-Medienarchive unter www.dgap-medientreff.de und www.dgap.de Sprache: Deutsch Unternehmen: HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft Opernplatz 2 45128 Essen Deutschland Internet: www.hochtief.de Ende der Mitteilung DGAP News-Service |