Notification of Major Holdings1. Details of issuer| Name: | Gesco AG |
| Street: | Johannisberg 7 |
| Postal code: | 42103 |
| City: | Wuppertal
Germany |
| Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): | 529900OE7WBEDX7PVB49 |
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 obligationLegal entity: Crown Sigma UCITS plc
City of registered office, country: Dublin, Ireland |
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 | 3.04 % | 0 % | 3.04 % | 10839499 |
| Previous notification | % | % | % | / |
7. Details on total positionsa. 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) |
| DE000A1K0201 | 330000 | 0 | 3.04 % | 0 % |
| Total | 330000 | 3.04 % |
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 % |
| | | | % |
| | | Total | | % |
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 % |
| | | | | % |
| | | | Total | | % |
8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation| X | 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.). |
| | 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) |
| | | | |
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:| LGT Crown Listed Private Equity is a sub-fund of Crown Sigma UCITS plc, a collective investment scheme established and organised under Irish law, and authorised and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. LGT Capital Partners (Ireland) Limited acts as the management company of Crown Sigma UCITS plc and has delegated the portfolio management to its affiliate LGT Capital Partners AG in Switzerland, which is an asset manager of collective investment schemes licensed by the Swiss financial markets supervisory authority, FINMA. The voting rights attached to the shares are exercised in full discretion by the board of directors of LGT Capital Partners (Ireland) Ltd. |
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