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
| |
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 due to expiration and exercise of financial instruments |
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 |
0.31 % |
7.21 % |
7.51 % |
1069837447 |
| Previous notification |
0.48 % |
7.17 % |
7.65 % |
/ |
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 |
3290646 |
0.00 % |
0.31 % |
| Total |
3290646 |
0.31 % |
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 21.10.2022 to 20.12.2024 |
at any time |
11620900 |
1.09 % |
| Right of recall over securities lending agreements |
at any time |
at any time |
1296691 |
0.12 % |
| Equity Call Option |
From 16.12.2022 to 15.12.2023 |
at any time |
225000 |
0.02 % |
| |
|
Total |
13142591 |
1.23 % |
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 % |
| Retail Structured Product |
From 10.12.2071 to 05.08.2072 |
at any time |
Cash |
2761 |
0 % |
| Equity Swap |
From 10.11.2022 to 03.06.2025 |
at any time |
Cash |
1597660 |
0.15 % |
| Equity Call Option |
22.11.2022 |
at any time |
Cash |
7594 |
0 % |
| Compound Option |
From 13.10.2022 to 05.08.2025 |
at any time |
Cash |
118192 |
0.01 % |
| Retail Structured Product - Note |
From 05.08.2025 to 02.09.2027 |
at any time |
Cash |
4095 |
0 % |
| Equity Put Option |
From 16.12.2022 to 19.12.2025 |
at any time |
Physical |
8226800 |
0.77 % |
| Equity Call Option |
From 24.10.2022 to 02.05.2023 |
at any time |
Cash |
1229137 |
0.11 % |
| Equity Put Option |
From 24.10.2022 to 02.05.2023 |
at any time |
Cash |
1117178 |
0.10 % |
| Equity Call Option |
From 16.08.2023 to 21.02.2024 |
at any time |
Physical |
10939896 |
1.02 % |
| Equity Call Option |
From 16.08.2023 to 21.02.2024 |
at any time |
Physical |
16519920 |
1.54 % |
| Equity Call Option |
From 20.08.2024 to 27.02.2025 |
at any time |
Physical |
24177846 |
2.26 % |
| Equity Put Option* |
From 16.08.2023 to 21.02.2024 |
at any time |
Physical |
10939896 |
1.02 % |
| Equity Put Option* |
From 16.08.2023 to 21.02.2024 |
at any time |
Physical |
16519920 |
1.54 % |
| Equity Put Option* |
From 20.08.2024 to 27.02.2025 |
at any time |
Physical |
24177846 |
2.26 % |
| Equity Put Option* |
From 16.12.2022 to 15.12.2023 |
at any time |
Physical |
225000 |
0.02 % |
| |
|
|
Total |
63941079 |
5.98 % |
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, Inc. |
% |
% |
% |
| 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 Domestic Holdings, Inc. |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. |
% |
% |
% |
| - |
% |
% |
% |
| 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 Domestic Holdings, Inc. |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC |
% |
% |
% |
| - |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc. |
% |
% |
% |
| ETCM Holdings, LLC |
% |
% |
% |
| E*TRADE Securities LLC |
% |
% |
% |
| - |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc. |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley Asia Holdings Limited |
% |
% |
% |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. |
% |
% |
% |
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 4.85% of the voting rights in Mercedes-Benz Group AG (or receive an equivalent amount in cash) only once. |
Date