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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)
Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: BNP Paribas Investment Partners S. A.
Place: Paris
State: Frankreich
BNP Paribas Investment Partners S. A., Paris, France notified Pfeiffer Vacuum
Technology AG pursuant to article 21 section 1 WpHG ("German Securities Trading
Act") that the percentage of their voting rights in our company fell below the
threshold of 3 percent on June 27, 2012, and on that day amounted to 2.99
percent (equalling 295,025 voting rights). Of these 2.99 percent 2.76 percentage
points (equalling 271,897 voting rights) are attributed to BNP Paribas
Investment Partners S. A., Paris, France, pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1
no. 1 WpHG. 0.24 percentage points (equalling 23,128 voting rights) are
attributed to BNP Paribas Investment Partners S. A. pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1
sent. 1 no 6 in connection with sent. 2 WpHG.
Asslar, July 4, 2012
end of announcement euro adhoc
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 04, 2012 11:51 ET (15:51 GMT)- - 11 51 AM EDT 07-04-12
