Mercedes-Benz Group AG: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
EQS Voting Rights Announcement: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
17.11.2023 / 14:49 CET/CEST
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Notification of Major Holdings 1. Details of issuer | Name: | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | | Street: | Mercedesstrasse 120 | | Postal code: | 70372 | | City: | Stuttgart
Germany | | Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): | 529900R27DL06UVNT076 |
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 with threshold triggered at subsidiary level partly due to an exercise of instruments and also a disposal of shares with voting rights |
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. 5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached: 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 | 0.35 % | 7.43 % | 7.78 % | 1069837447 | | Previous notification | 0.47 % | 7.63 % | 8.1 % | / |
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) | | DE0007100000 | 0 | 3754841 | 0 % | 0.35 % | | Total | 3754841 | 0.35 % |
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 % | | Equity Call Option | From 15.12.2023 to 18.12.2026 | at any time | 8716400 | 0.81 % | | Right of recall over securities lending agreements | at any time | at any time | 3629186 | 0.34 % | | Equity Call Option | From 15.12.2023 to 18.12.2026 | at any time | 2322500 | 0.22 % | | | | Total | 14668086 | 1.37 % |
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 % | | Equity Put Option | From 17.11.2023 to 18.12.2026 | at any time | Physical | 7253800 | 0.68 % | | Retail Structured Product | From 10.12.2071 to 26.10.2073 | at any time | Cash | 1869 | 0 % | | Equity Swap | From 03.07.2024 to 27.07.2028 | at any time | Cash | 2296487 | 0.21 % | | Equity Call Option | From 16.03.2028 to 08.08.2033 | at any time | Cash | 1598 | 0 % | | Compound Option | From 15.02.2024 to 09.03.2029 | at any time | Cash | 307043 | 0.03 % | | Retail Structured Product - Note | From 25.10.2024 to 01.12.2033 | at any time | Cash | 25164 | 0 % | | Equity Call Option | From 20.08.2024 to 27.02.2025 | at any time | Physical | 24177846 | 2.26 % | | Equity Call Option | From 26.06.2026 to 28.12.2026 | at any time | Physical | 20237270 | 1.89 % | | Equity Call Option | From 17.12.2025 to 30.06.2026 | at any time | Physical | 10500000 | 0.98 % | | Equity Put Option* | From 20.08.2024 to 27.02.2025 | at any time | Physical | 24177846 | 2.26 % | | Equity Put Option* | From 26.06.2026 to 28.12.2026 | at any time | Physical | 20237270 | 1.89 % | | Equity Put Option* | From 17.12.2025 to 30.06.2026 | at any time | Physical | 10500000 | 0.98 % | | Equity Put Option* | From 15.12.2023 to 18.12.2026 | at any time | Physical | 2322500 | 0.22 % | | | | | Total | 64801077 | 6.06 % |
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) | | Morgan Stanley | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, LLC | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | % | % | % | | - | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | % | % | % | | - | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc. | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley International Limited | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley Investments (UK) | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | % | % | % | | - | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | % | % | % | | Prime Dealer Services Corp. | % | % | % | | - | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. | % | % | % | | - | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley Finance LLC | % | % | % | | - | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc. | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley B.V. | % | % | % | | - | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc. | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley International Finance S. A. | % | % | % | | - | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC | % | % | % | | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC | % | % | % |
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:| Regarding section 7.b.2, the Equity Put Options marked with * were not aggregated as they relate to collar transactions (Call & Put) under which, on a consolidated basis, Morgan Stanley can acquire 5.35% of the voting rights in Mercedes-Benz Group AG (or receive an equivalent amount in cash) only once. |
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| Language: | English |
| Company: | Mercedes-Benz Group AG |
| Mercedesstrasse 120 |
| 70372 Stuttgart |
| Germany |
| Internet: | https://group.mercedes-benz.com |
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