KION GROUP AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

2014-03-10 / 11:40:59

KION GROUP AG 10.03.2014 11:40 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release according to Section 26 para. (1) of the Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (WpHG - the German Securities Trading Act) with the Aim of a Europe-wide distribution Release according to Section 26 para. (1) WpHG Notifications of voting rights pursuant to Section 25 para. (1) WpHG On March 7, 2014 we received the following notification pursuant to Section 25 WpHG: 1. Issuer: KION GROUP AG, Abraham-Lincoln-Strasse 21, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany 2. Notifying party: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA 3. 3.1 Reason for notification: Acquisition/Disposal 3.2 Manner of threshold contact: Falling below threshold 4. Notification thresholds affected: 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50% 5. Date threshold is crossed or reached: March 4, 2014 6. Reportable share of voting rights: 70.12% (corresponds to 69,352,460 voting rights) calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 98,900,000 7. Further information on the share of voting rights: 7.1 Share of voting rights resulting from (financial/other) instruments pursuant to Section 25 WpHG: 0% (corresponds to 0 voting rights) Of which held indirectly: 0% (corresponds to 0 voting rights) 7.2 Share of voting rights pursuant to Sections 21 and 22 WpHG: 70.12% (corresponds to 69,352,460 voting rights) 8. Further information on (financial/other) instruments pursuant to Section 25 WpHG: 8.1 Chain of controlled companies: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. controls Goldman, Sachs & Co. - On March 7, 2014 we further received the following notification pursuant to Section 25 WpHG: 1. Issuer: KION GROUP AG, Abraham-Lincoln-Strasse 21, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany 2. Notifying party: Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York, New York, USA 3. 3.1 Reason for notification: Acquisition/Disposal 3.2 Manner of threshold contact: Falling below threshold 4. Notification thresholds affected: 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50% 5. Date threshold is crossed or reached: March 4, 2014 6. Reportable share of voting rights: 70.00% (corresponds to 69,225,916 voting rights) calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 98,900,000 7. Further information on the share of voting rights: 7.1 Share of voting rights resulting from (financial/other) instruments pursuant to Section 25 WpHG: 0% (corresponds to 0 voting rights) Of which held indirectly: 0% (corresponds to 0 voting rights) 7.2 Share of voting rights pursuant to Sections 21 and 22 WpHG: 70.00% (corresponds to 69,225,916 voting rights) 8. Further information on (financial/other) instruments pursuant to Section 25 WpHG: 8.1 Chain of controlled companies: n/a - Wiesbaden, March 10, 2014 KION GROUP AG The Board of Management 10.03.2014 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: KION GROUP AG Abraham-Lincoln-Str. 21 65189 Wiesbaden Germany Internet: www.kiongroup.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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