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Notification of Major Holdings
1. Details of issuer
| Name: | Tele Columbus AG |
| Street: | Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 108 |
| Postal code: | 10553 |
| City: | Berlin Germany |
| Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): | 3912004GMFDLY04RUQ19 |
2. Reason for notification
| X | Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights |
| Acquisition/disposal of instruments | |
| Change of breakdown of voting rights | |
| X | Other reason: voluntary group notification due to crossing a threshold on subsidiary level |
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
| Legal entity: Bank of America Corporation City of registered office, country: Wilmington,DE, United States of America (USA) |
4. Names of shareholder(s)
holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3.
5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:
| 20 Dec 2019 |
6. Total positions
| % of voting rights attached to shares (total of 7.a.) |
% of voting rights through instruments (total of 7.b.1 + 7.b.2) |
Total of both in % (7.a. + 7.b.) |
Total number of voting rights pursuant to Sec. 41 WpHG | |
| New | 1.80 % | 3.21 % | 5.01 % | 127556251 |
| Previous notification | 2.11 % | 2.94 % | 5.05 % | / |
7. Details on total positions
a. Voting rights attached to shares (Sec. 33, 34 WpHG)
| ISIN | Absolute | In % | ||
| Direct (Sec. 33 WpHG) |
Indirect (Sec. 34 WpHG) |
Direct (Sec. 33 WpHG) |
Indirect (Sec. 34 WpHG) |
|
| DE000TCAG172 | 0 | 2295957 | 0.00 % | 1.80 % |
| Total | 2295957 | 1.80 % | ||
b.1. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 1 WpHG
| Type of instrument | Expiration or maturity date | Exercise or conversion period | Voting rights absolute | Voting rights in % |
| Right to Recall | N/A | N/A | 2574207 | 2.02 % |
| Total | 2574207 | 2.02 % |
b.2. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 2 WpHG
| Type of instrument | Expiration or maturity date | Exercise or conversion period | Cash or physical settlement | Voting rights absolute | Voting rights in % |
| Swaps | 31/01/2020 – 19/10/2020 | N/A | Cash | 1525580 | 1.20 % |
| Total | 1525580 | 1.20 % |
8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation
| Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled nor does it control any other undertaking(s) that directly or indirectly hold(s) an interest in the (underlying) issuer (1.). | |
| X | Full chain of controlled undertakings starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity: |
| Name | % of voting rights (if at least 3% or more) | % of voting rights through instruments (if at least 5% or more) | Total of both (if at least 5% or more) |
| Bank of America Corporation | % | % | % |
| NB Holdings Corporation | % | % | % |
| BofAML Jersey Holdings Limited | % | % | % |
| BofAML EMEA Holdings 2 Limited | % | % | % |
| ML UK Capital Holdings Limited | % | % | % |
| Merrill Lynch International | % | % | % |
| – | % | % | % |
| Bank of America Corporation | % | % | % |
| NB Holdings Corporation | % | % | % |
| Merrill Lynch International, LLC | % | % | % |
| Merrill Lynch Group Holdings I,L,L,C. | % | % | % |
| BofA Securities Europe SA | % | % | % |
9. In case of proxy voting according to Sec. 34 para. 3 WpHG
(only in case of attribution of voting rights in accordance with Sec. 34 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 WpHG)
Date of general meeting:
Holding total positions after general meeting (6.) after annual general meeting:
| Proportion of voting rights | Proportion of instruments | Total of both |
| % | % | % |
10. Other explanatory remarks:
Date
| 30 Dec 2019 |
