DGAP Voting Rights Announcement: Biofrontera AG
Biofrontera AG: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

03.09.2018 / 17:00
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Notification of Major Holdings

1. Details of issuer
Biofrontera AG
Hemmelrather Weg 201
51377 Leverkusen
Germany

2. Reason for notification
X Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights
  Acquisition/disposal of instruments
  Change of breakdown of voting rights
  Other reason:

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name: City and country of registered office:
Mr Wilhelm K. T. Zours,
Date of birth: 28 Jul 1961

4. Names of shareholder(s)
holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3.
DELPHI Unternehmensberatung Aktiengesellschaft, Deutsche Balaton Aktiengesellschaft

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:
29 Aug 2018

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 of issuer
Resulting situation 20.06 % 3.74 % 20.06 % 44541980
Previous notification 15.04 % 3.75 % 15.04 % /

7. Notified details of the resulting situation
a. Voting rights attached to shares (Sec.s 33, 34 WpHG)
ISIN absolute in %
  direct
(Sec. 33 WpHG)
indirect
(Sec. 34 WpHG)
direct
(Sec. 33 WpHG)
indirect
(Sec. 34 WpHG)
DE00060461138,935,384 % 20.06 %
Total 8,935,384 20.06 %

b.1. Instruments according to Sec. 38 para. 1 No. 1 WpHG
Type of instrument Expiration or maturity date Exercise or conversion period Voting rights absolute Voting rights in %
%
   Total %

b.2. Instruments according to Sec. 38 para. 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 %
Convertible bond15.07.2018 - 09.12.2019 discretionary of the bond issuer 1,667,000 3.74 %
     Total 1,667,000 3.74 %

8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation
  Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled and does itself not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly 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 held 3% or more) % of voting rights through instruments (if at least held 5% or more) Total of both (if at least held 5% or more)
Wilhelm K.T. Zours % % %
DELPHI Unternehmensberatung Aktiengesellschaft 7.48 % % 7.48 %
VV Beteiligungen Aktiengesellschaft % % %
Deutsche Balaton Aktiengesellschaft 9.67 % % 9.67 %
ABC Beteiligungen AG % % %
 
Wilhelm K.T. Zours % % %
DELPHI Unternehmensberatung Aktiengesellschaft 7.48 % % 7.48 %
VV Beteiligungen Aktiengesellschaft % % %
Deutsche Balaton Aktiengesellschaft 9.67 % % 9.67 %
Deutsche Balaton Biotech AG % % %
 
Wilhelm K.T. Zours % % %
DELPHI Unternehmensberatung Aktiengesellschaft 7.48 % % 7.48 %
VV Beteiligungen Aktiengesellschaft % % %
Deutsche Balaton Aktiengesellschaft 9.67 % % 9.67 %
Prisma Equity AG % % %

9. In case of proxy voting according to Sec. 34 para. 3 WpHG

Date of general meeting:
Holding position after general meeting: % (equals voting rights)

10. Other explanatory remarks:
There is no aggregation of voting rights related to the financial instrument referred to under 7.b.2, since this financial instrument has been issued by DELPHI Unternehmensberatung Aktiengesellschaft and these voting rights are already accounted for.  



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Language: English
Company: Biofrontera AG
Hemmelrather Weg 201
51377 Leverkusen
Germany
Internet: www.biofrontera.com

 
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