DGAP Voting Rights Announcement: AKASOL AG AKASOL AG: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution 2021-01-07 / 16:22 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. *Notification of Major Holdings* *1. Details of issuer* +------------------------------+--------------------+ |Name: |AKASOL AG | +------------------------------+--------------------+ |Street: |Kleyerstraße 20| +------------------------------+--------------------+ |Postal code: |64295 | +------------------------------+--------------------+ |City: |Darmstadt | | |Germany | +------------------------------+--------------------+ |Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):|529900ZMVBM4A9UBTH42| +------------------------------+--------------------+ *2. Reason for notification* +-+------------------------------------------------------------+ | |Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights | +-+------------------------------------------------------------+ | |Acquisition/disposal of instruments | +-+------------------------------------------------------------+ | |Change of breakdown of voting rights | +-+------------------------------------------------------------+ |X|Other reason: | | |Notification is triggered due to the non application of the | | |Trading Book Exemption which is available under Sect. 36 | | |Para. 1 WpHG | +-+------------------------------------------------------------+ *3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation* +--------------------------------------------------------------+ |Legal entity: Morgan Stanley | |City of registered office, country: Wilmington, Delaware, | |United States of America (USA) | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ *4. Names of shareholder(s)* holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3. +---------------------------------------+ |Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | +---------------------------------------+ *5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:* +-----------+ |01 Jan 2021| +-----------+ *6. Total positions* +--------------+-----------+------------+----------+-----------+ | |% of voting| % of voting| Total of| Total| | | rights| rights| both in %| number of| | |attached to| through| (7.a. +| voting| | | shares| instruments| 7.b.)| rights| | | (total of| (total of| |pursuant to| | | 7.a.)| 7.b.1 +| | Sec. 41| | | | 7.b.2)| | WpHG| +--------------+-----------+------------+----------+-----------+ |New | 4.33 %| 0.01 %| 4.34 %| 6,061,856| +--------------+-----------+------------+----------+-----------+ |Previous | 0.00 %| 0.13 %| 0.13 %| /| |notification | | | | | +--------------+-----------+------------+----------+-----------+ *7. Details on total positions* *a. Voting rights attached to shares (Sec. 33, 34 WpHG)* +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ |ISIN | Absolute | In % | +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ | | Direct| Indirect| Direct| Indirect| | | (Sec. 33| (Sec. 34| (Sec. 33| (Sec. 34| | | WpHG)| WpHG)| WpHG)| WpHG)| +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ |DE000A2JNWZ9| 0| 262,630| 0.00 %| 4.33 %| +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ |*Total* | 262,630 | 4.33 % | +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ *b.1. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 1 WpHG* +----------+--------------+-------------+----------+-----------+ |Type of |Expiration or |Exercise or | Voting| Voting| |instrument|maturity date |conversion | rights|rights in %| | | |period | absolute| | +----------+--------------+-------------+----------+-----------+ |Right of |at any time |at any time | 394| 0.01 %| |recall | | | | | |over | | | | | |securities| | | | | |lending | | | | | |agreements| | | | | +----------+--------------+-------------+----------+-----------+ | | |*Total* | 394| 0.01 %| +----------+--------------+-------------+----------+-----------+ *b.2. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 2 WpHG* +-------+----------+---------+-------+-------+-----------------+ |Type of|Expiration|Exercise |Cash or| Voting| Voting rights in| |instrum|or |or |physica| rights| %| |ent |maturity |conversio|l |absolut| | | |date |n period |settlem| e| | | | | |ent | | | +-------+----------+---------+-------+-------+-----------------+ |Retail |17.09.2068|at any |Cash | 2| 0 %| |Structu| |time | | | | |red | | | | | | |Product| | | | | | +-------+----------+---------+-------+-------+-----------------+ | | | |*Total*| 2| 0.000032993195 %| +-------+----------+---------+-------+-------+-----------------+ *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| % of voting| Total of both| | | rights (if at| rights| (if at least 5%| | | least 3% or| through| or more)| | | more)| instruments| | | | |(if at least| | | | | 5% or more)| | +-----------------+--------------+------------+----------------+ |Morgan Stanley | %| %| %| +-----------------+--------------+------------+----------------+ |Morgan Stanley | %| %| %| |Capital | | | | |Management, LLC | | | | +-----------------+--------------+------------+----------------+ |Morgan Stanley | %| %| %| |Domestic | | | | |Holdings, Inc. | | | | +-----------------+--------------+------------+----------------+ |Morgan Stanley & | %| %| %| |Co. LLC | | | | +-----------------+--------------+------------+----------------+ |- | %| %| %| +-----------------+--------------+------------+----------------+ |Morgan Stanley | %| %| %| +-----------------+--------------+------------+----------------+ |Morgan Stanley | %| %| %| |International | | | | |Holdings Inc. | | | | +-----------------+--------------+------------+----------------+ |Morgan Stanley | %| %| %| |International | | | | |Limited | | | | +-----------------+--------------+------------+----------------+ |Morgan Stanley | %| %| %| |Investments (UK) | | | | +-----------------+--------------+------------+----------------+ |Morgan Stanley & | 4.32 %| %| %| |Co. International| | | | |plc | | | | +-----------------+--------------+------------+----------------+ *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| Proportion of|Total of both| | rights| instruments| |
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