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C | ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2018 OF DAIMLER AG | OTHER NOTES
Disclosures pursuant to Sectionꢀ160
Subsectionꢀ1 No. 8 of the German Stock
Corporation Act (AktG)
Bank of America Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, USA,
notified us on Mayꢀ15, 2018 pursuant to Section 33 Subsectionꢀ1
of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that its percent-
age of voting rights in Daimler AG, Mercedesstr.ꢀ137, 70327
At the balance sheet date of December 31, 2018, shareholdings Stuttgart, Germany, exceeded the threshold of 3% on May 9,
in the Company exist that were communicated pursuant to 2018 and amounts to 3.30% (equal to 35,313,653 out of a
Section 33 Subsectionꢀ1 and Section 21 Subsectionꢀ1 [old ver- total ofꢀ1,069,837,447 voting rights) as of that date. Of these
sion] of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) and dis-
closed pursuant to Section 40 Subsectionꢀ1 and Section 26
Subsectionꢀ1 [old version] of the WpHG as follows:
voting rights, 3.30% (equal to 35,313,653 voting rights) are to
be attributed to Bank of America Corporation, Wilmington,
Delaware, USA, pursuant to Section 34 of the WpHG. 3% or
more of the voting rights are held directly by Merrill Lynch
International as of that date.
BlackRock, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA, notified us on
December 20, 2018 pursuant to Section 33 Subsectionꢀ1 in
conjunction with Section 37 of the German Securities Trading
Act (WpHG) that its percentage of voting rights in Daimler AG,
Mercedesstr.ꢀ137, 70327 Stuttgart, Germany, exceeded the
threshold of 5% on Decemberꢀ17, 2018 and amounts to 5.12%
Renault S.ꢀA., Boulogne-Billancourt, France, has notified us
pursuant to Section 21 Subsectionꢀ1 of the German Securities
Trading Act (WpHG)[old version] that its percentage holding of
the voting rights in Daimler AG, Mercedesstr.ꢀ137, 70327 Stutt-
gart, Germany, exceeded the threshold of 3% on April 28, 2010
and amounts to 3.10% (32,896,756 voting rights) on that day.
Thereofꢀ16,448,378 voting rights (representingꢀ1.55% of the
voting rights in Daimler AG) directly held by Nissan Motor Co.
Ltd. are attributable to Renault S.ꢀA. pursuant to Section 22
Subsection 2 of the WpHG [old version].
(
equal to 54,731,146 out of a total ofꢀ1,069,837,447 voting
rights) as of that date. Of these voting rights, 5.12% (equal to
4,731,146 voting rights) are to be attributed to BlackRock,
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Inc. Wilmington, Delaware, USA, pursuant to section 34 of the
WpHG. The notification was made when the threshold of 5%
of the voting rights in Daimler AG was exceeded by BlackRock
HoldCo 2. Inc. and BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan, has notified us
Li Shufu, notified us on December 5, 2018 pursuant to Section pursuant to Section 21 Subsectionꢀ1 of the German Securities
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3 Subsectionꢀ1 in conjunction with Section 37 of the German
Trading Act (WpHG)[old version] that its percentage holding of
the voting rights in Daimler AG, Mercedesstr.ꢀ137, 70327 Stutt-
gart, Germany, exceeded the threshold of 3% on April 28, 2010
and amounts to 3.10% (32,896,756 voting rights) as of that
date. Thereofꢀ16,448,378 voting rights (representingꢀ1,55% of
the voting rights in Daimler AG) directly held by Renault S.ꢀA.
are attributable to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. pursuant to Section
22 Subsection 2 of the WpHG [old version].
Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that its percentage of voting
rights in Daimler AG, Mercedesstr.ꢀ137, 70327 Stuttgart, Ger-
many, exceeded the threshold of 5% on December 3, 2018
and amounts to 9.69% (equal toꢀ103,619,340 out of a total of
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,069,837,447 voting rights) as of that date. Of these voting
rights, 9.69% (equal toꢀ103,619,340 voting rights) are to be
attributed to Li Shufu pursuant to Section 34 of the WpHG. 3%
or more of the voting rights are held directly by Tenaciou3
Prospect Investment Limited as of that date. The notification was The Kuwait Investment Authority as Agent for the Govern-
made on the occasion of touching a threshold at subsidiary
level as a result of a change in the holding structure.
ment of the State of Kuwait, Kuwait City, State of Kuwait, has
notified us pursuant to Section 21 Subsectionꢀ1 of the German
Securities Trading Act [old version] that the voting rights of the
State of Kuwait in Daimler AG, Mercedesstr.ꢀ137, 70327 Stutt-
gart, Germany, exceeded the threshold of 5% on April 22, 2010
Harris Associates L.P., Wilmington, Delaware, USA, notified
us on Octoberꢀ22, 2018 pursuant to Section 33 Subsectionꢀ1 of
the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that its percentage of and that it held 5.33% (56,589,320 voting rights) as of that
voting rights in Daimler AG, Mercedesstr.ꢀ137, 70327 Stuttgart, date. According to the notification, all voting rights are directly
Germany, fell below the threshold of 5% on Octoberꢀ16, 2018
and amounts to 4.93% (equal to 52,723,503 out of a total
ofꢀ1,069,837,447 voting rights) as of that date. Of these voting
rights, 4.93% (equal to 52,723,503 voting rights) are to be
attributed to Harris Associates L.P., Wilmington, Delaware, USA,
pursuant to Section 34 of the WpHG. 3% or more of the voting
rights are held directly by Harris Associates Investment Trust
as of that date. On Novemberꢀ1, 2018, Harris Associates Invest-
ment Trust, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, notified us pursuant
to Section 33 Subsectionꢀ1 of the WpHG that its voting rights
in Daimler AG fell below the threshold of 3% on October 29, 2018
and amounted to 2.99% (equal to 31,994,625 out of a total
ofꢀ1,069,837,447 voting rights) as of that date.
held.