Archive 2009
November 10, 2009.
Legg Mason & Co (UK) Ltd., London, Great Britain, notified Pfeiffer Vacuum on November 6, 2009 pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG (“German Securities Trading Act”) that the percentage of voting rights of their subsidiary Legg Mason, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, USA, in the company exceeded the threshold of 5 % on October 23, 2009 and currently amounts to 5.06 % (453,480 voting rights). These voting rights of 5,06 % are attributed to Legg Mason, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, USA pursuant to article 22 section 1 sentence 1 nr. 6 in connection with sent. 2 WpHG. Of the following shareholder whose percentage of voting rights in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG exceeds 3 % the voting rights are attributed to the notifier: The Royce Fund.
November 10, 2009.
Legg Mason & Co (UK) Ltd., London, Great Britain, notified Pfeiffer Vacuum on November 6, 2009 pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG (“German Securities Trading Act”) that the percentage of voting rights of their subsidiary Royce & Associates, New York, USA, in the company exceeded the threshold of 5 % on October 23, 2009 and currently amounts to 5.05 % (453,395 voting rights). These voting rights of 5,05 % are attributed to Royce & Associates, New York, USA, pursuant to article 22 section 1 sentence 1 nr. 6 WpHG. Of the following shareholder whose percentage of voting rights in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG exceeds 3 % the voting rights are attributed to the notifier: The Royce Fund.
November 04, 2009.
Legg Mason & Co (UK) Ltd., London, Great Britain, notified Pfeiffer Vacuum on November 4, 2009 pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG (“German Securities Trading Act”) that the percentage of voting rights of their subsidiary The Royce Fund, Wilmington, Delaware, USA, in the company exceeded the threshold of 3 % on July 08, 2009 and currently amounts to 3.02 % (270,650 voting rights).
October 29, 2009.
Legg Mason & Co (UK) Ltd., London, Great Britain, notified Pfeiffer Vacuum on October 28, 2009 pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG (“German Securities Trading Act”) that the percentage of voting rights of their subsidiary Royce & Associates, LLC, New York, USA, in the company exceeded the threshold of 5 % on October 23, 2009 and currently amounts to 5.05 % (453,395 voting rights). These voting rights of 5,05 % are attributed to Royce & Associates, LLC, New York, USA pursuant to article 22 section 1 sentence 1 nr. 6 WpHG.
September 22, 2009.
Legg Mason & Co (UK) Ltd., London, Great Britain, notified Pfeiffer Vacuum on September 21, 2009 pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG (“German Securities Trading Act”) that the percentage of voting rights of their subsidiary Royce & Associates, LLC, New York, USA, in our company exceeded the threshold of 3 % on 22 May 2009 and currently amounts to 3.16 % (283,660 voting rights). These voting rights of 3.16 % are attributed to Royce & Associates, LLC, New York, USA pursuant to article 22 section 1 sentence 1 nr. 6 WpHG.
July 10, 2009.
Neuberger Berman LLC and its parent company Neuberger Berman Holdings LLC (formerly: Neuberger Berman Inc.), both New York/USA, notified us on July 8, 2009, pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG that the percentage of voting rights in our company fell below the threshold of 3 % on November 20, 2008, and amounts to 2.98 % as of that date. The voting rights are attributed to Neuberger Berman LLC pursuant to article 22 section 1 sentence 1 Nr. 6 WpHG while the voting rights are attributed to Neuberger Berman Holdings LLC (formerly: Neuberger Berman Inc.) pursuant to article 22 section 1 sentence 1 Nr. 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG.
May 27, 2009.
Deutsche Bank London have notified us on May 27, 2009 pursuant to section 21 (1) WpHG (“German Securities Trading Act”) in conjunction with section 32 (2) InvG (“German Investment Act”), that the percentage of voting rights of their subsidiary DWS Investment GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany in our company fell below the threshold of 5% on 22 May 2009 and amounts to 4.95% (444,199 voting rights) as per this date.
May 25, 2009.
Legg Mason, Inc., located in Baltimore, USA have informed us on May 21st, 2009 pursuant to section 21 (1) of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that on My 20th, 2009, the stake of Legg Mason, Inc. in the voting rights in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG exceeded the threshold of 3 %. On that date, Legg Mason, Inc. held 3.01 % in relation to all voting rights in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG (voting rights arising from 270,314 ordinary shares (Stammaktien)). All voting rights are being attributed to Legg Mason, Inc. pursuant to section 22 (1) sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG in connection with section 22 para. 1 sent. 2 of the WpHG. No individual affiliated subsidiary’s holdings exceeded the threshold.
May 12, 2009.
Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Advisors, LLC based in New York, USA have notified us on May 11, 2009 that on May 8, 2009, their voting rights fell below the threshold of 25 % with holdings of now 24.89 %. These holdings of 24.89 % are also to be imputed to the Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Holdings Inc. by the First Eagle Global Fund (13.07 % = 1,172,304 shares) and the First Eagle Overseas Fund (10.20 % = 915,140 shares).
May 6, 2009.
Legg Mason, Inc., located in Baltimore, USA have informed us on May 1st , 2009 pursuant to section 21 (1) of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that on March 4th, 2009, the stake of Legg Mason, Inc. in the voting rights in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG fell below the threshold of 3 %. The daughter company of Legg Mason, Royce & Associates, LLC, located in New York, USA have informed us on May 5, 2009 pursuant to section 21 (1) of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that on March 4th, 2009, the stake of Royce & Associates, LLC in the voting rights in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG fell below the threshold of 3 %.
January 26, 2009.
SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc., located in Los Angeles, USA have informed us on January 23, 2009 pursuant to section 21 (1) of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that on January 20, 2009, the stake of SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. in the voting rights in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG exceeded the threshold of 3 %. On that date, SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. held 3.07 % (275.472 ordinary shares) in relation to all voting rights in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG (voting rights arising from 8,970,600 ordinary shares (Stammaktien)).
January 22, 2009.
Legg Mason, Inc., located in Baltimore, USA have informed us on January 20, 2009 pursuant to section 21 (1) of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that on 9th December, 2008, the stake of Legg Mason, Inc. in the voting rights in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG exceeded the threshold of 3 %. The daughter company of Legg Mason, Royce & Associates, LLC, located in New York, USA have informed us on January 21, 2009 pursuant to section 21 (1) of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that on 9th December, 2008, the stake of Royce & Associates, LLC in the voting rights in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG exceeded the threshold of 3 %. On that date, Royce & Associates, LLC held 3.09 % in relation to all voting rights in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG (voting rights arising from 276,895 ordinary shares (Stammaktien)).
January 19, 2009.
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership based in Milwaukee, USA have notified us on January 16, 2009 that on January 14, 2009 their voting rights fell below the threshold of 3 % with holdings of now 2.99 %. These holdings of 2.99 % are also to be imputed to the Artisan Investment Corporation, to ZFIC Inc. as well as to both Andrew A. Ziegler and Carlene M. Ziegler c/o Artisan Partners L. P.