Shareholders' Structure
As per the holdings notifications received by the Company, especially the notifications pursuant § 21 Section 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (“Wertpapierhandelsgesetz” or “WpHG”) and/or knowledge that the Company has, the structure of BKN’s top shareholders as of 21 July 2008 is believed to be composed as follows:
| Shareholder | Shares | Holding |
|---|---|---|
| Charleville Investments | 3,772,320 | 18.7% |
| Gordon Group Investments | 3,150,722 | 15.7% |
| Allianz Global Investors | 1,729,696 | 8.6% |
| Michael Jack Kugler | 1,593,687 | 7.9% |
| Newedge Group | 1,364,713 | 6.8% |
| Allen Bohbot | 1,324,159 | 6.6% |
| Dalton | 1,206,530 | 6.0% |
| Carmignac | 811,995 | 4.0% |
| cominvest | 587,000 | 2.9% |
| DWS | 572,908 | 2.8% |
| Uniqa | 500,000 | 2.5% |
| Jupiter | 392,079 | 2.0% |
BKN International AG has 20,130,290 shares in issue (260,786 shares are held by BKN in treasury).
The rights of the BKN shares traded on the Deutsche Börse and AIM are identical and there are no restrictions on the transfer of the Company’s shares.
BKN International AG is incorporated in Germany and the rights of its shareholders may therefore be different than the rights of shareholders in a UK incorporated company.
The percentage of shares not in the public hands (as defined by the AIM rules) is 49.1%
The percentage of shares not in the public hands (as defined by Deutsche Boerse and denominated free float) is 66.55%.
The information on this site has been disclosed pursuant to Rule 26 of the AIM Rules for Companies and it complies with German disclosure and transparency rules for incorporated companies.