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 |
| X |
Acquisition/disposal of instruments |
| |
Change of breakdown of voting rights |
| X |
Other reason:
voluntary group notification with triggered threshold on subsidiary level |
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Legal entity: Bank of America Corporation
City of registered office, country: Wilmington, DE, 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 |
2.30 % |
8.15 % |
10.45 % |
1069837447 |
| Previous notification |
2.16 % |
8.30 % |
10.46 % |
/ |
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 |
24372127 |
0.00 % |
2.28 % |
| US2338252073 |
0 |
223938 |
0.00 % |
0.02 % |
| Total |
24596065 |
2.30 % |
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 % |
| Right to Recall |
N/A |
N/A |
1335381 |
0.12 % |
| Rights of Use |
N/A |
N/A |
349501 |
0.03 % |
| Call Option |
16/12/2022 - 20/12/2024 |
N/A |
5362700 |
0.50 % |
| Call Option |
24/10/2022 - 27/02/2025 |
N/A |
48118977 |
4.50 % |
| Call Option |
24/10/2022 - 27/02/2025 |
N/A |
48118977 |
4.50 % |
| |
|
Total |
55166559 |
5.16 % |
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 % |
| Swap |
02/09/2022 - 05/05/2025 |
N/A |
Cash |
6014539 |
0.56 % |
| Call Option |
24/10/2022 - 02/05/2023 |
N/A |
Cash |
8514866 |
0.80 % |
| Call Option |
24/05/2024 - 21/06/2024 |
N/A |
Cash |
1824108 |
0.17 % |
| Put Option |
16/09/2022 - 20/12/2024 |
N/A |
Physical |
12772500 |
1.19 % |
| Put Option |
24/05/2024 - 20/12/2024 |
N/A |
Cash |
2889003 |
0.27 % |
| Put Option |
24/10/2022 - 27/02/2025 |
N/A |
Physical |
48118977 |
4.50 % |
| Put Option |
24/10/2022 - 27/02/2025 |
N/A |
Physical |
48118977 |
4.50 % |
| |
|
|
Total |
32015016 |
2.99 % |
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) |
| Bank of America Corporation |
% |
% |
% |
| NB Holdings Corporation |
% |
% |
% |
| BofAML Jersey Holdings Limited |
% |
% |
% |
| BofAML EMEA Holdings 2 Limited |
% |
% |
% |
| ML UK Capital Holdings Limited |
% |
% |
% |
| Merrill Lynch International |
% |
% |
5.40 % |
| - |
% |
% |
% |
| Bank of America Corporation |
% |
% |
% |
| NB Holdings Corporation |
% |
% |
% |
| BAC North America Holding Company |
% |
% |
% |
| Bank of America, National Association |
% |
% |
% |
| - |
% |
% |
% |
| Bank of America Corporation |
% |
% |
% |
| NB Holdings Corporation |
% |
% |
% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. |
% |
% |
% |
| - |
% |
% |
% |
| Bank of America Corporation |
% |
% |
% |
| NB Holdings Corporation |
% |
% |
% |
| BAC North America Holding Company |
% |
% |
% |
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated |
% |
% |
% |
| - |
% |
% |
% |
| Bank of America Corporation |
% |
% |
% |
| NB Holdings Corporation |
% |
% |
% |
| BAC North America Holding Company |
% |
% |
% |
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated |
% |
% |
% |
| Managed Account Advisors LLC |
% |
% |
% |
| - |
% |
% |
% |
| Bank of America Corporation |
% |
% |
% |
| NB Holdings Corporation |
% |
% |
% |
| BAC North America Holding Company |
% |
% |
% |
| Bank of America, National Association |
% |
% |
% |
| U.S Trust Company of Delaware |
% |
% |
% |
| - |
% |
% |
% |
| Bank of America Corporation |
% |
% |
% |
| NB Holdings Corporation |
% |
% |
% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. |
% |
% |
% |
| Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. |
% |
% |
% |
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:
| Ad 7.b/8 The put and call options amounting to a percentage of 4,50% each were not aggregated as they relate to a collar transaction and a back-to-back collar transaction, respectively, under which, on a consolidated basis, Bank of America Corporation can acquire 4,50% of the voting rights in Mercedes-Benz Group AG (or receive an equivalent amount in cash) only once. |
Date