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
| X |
Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights |
| |
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: 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 |
0.49 % |
7.69 % |
8.18 % |
1069837447 |
| Previous notification |
0.08 % |
7.26 % |
7.33 % |
/ |
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 |
5232015 |
0 % |
0.49 % |
| Total |
5232015 |
0.49 % |
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 15.12.2023 to 18.12.2026 |
at any time |
9316400 |
0.87 % |
| Right of recall over securities lending agreements |
at any time |
at any time |
5282067 |
0.49 % |
| Equity Call Option |
From 15.12.2023 to 18.12.2026 |
at any time |
2322500 |
0.22 % |
| |
|
Total |
16920967 |
1.58 % |
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 % |
| Equity Put Option |
From 17.11.2023 to 18.12.2026 |
at any time |
Physical |
7635400 |
0.71 % |
| Retail Structured Product |
From 10.12.2071 to 26.10.2073 |
at any time |
Cash |
2006 |
0 % |
| Equity Swap |
From 03.07.2024 to 27.07.2028 |
at any time |
Cash |
2459096 |
0.23 % |
| Equity Call Option |
From 16.03.2028 to 08.08.2033 |
at any time |
Cash |
1413 |
0 % |
| Compound Option |
From 15.02.2024 to 09.03.2029 |
at any time |
Cash |
269914 |
0.03 % |
| Retail Structured Product - Note |
From 25.10.2024 to 01.12.2033 |
at any time |
Cash |
25672 |
0 % |
| Equity Call Option |
From 20.08.2024 to 27.02.2025 |
at any time |
Physical |
24177846 |
2.26 % |
| Equity Call Option |
From 26.06.2026 to 28.12.2026 |
at any time |
Physical |
20237270 |
1.89 % |
| Equity Call Option |
From 17.12.2025 to 30.06.2026 |
at any time |
Physical |
10500000 |
0.98 % |
| Equity Put Option* |
From 20.08.2024 to 27.02.2025 |
at any time |
Physical |
24177846 |
2.26 % |
| Equity Put Option* |
From 26.06.2026 to 28.12.2026 |
at any time |
Physical |
20237270 |
1.89 % |
| Equity Put Option* |
From 17.12.2025 to 30.06.2026 |
at any time |
Physical |
10500000 |
0.98 % |
| Equity Put Option* |
From 15.12.2023 to 18.12.2026 |
at any time |
Physical |
2322500 |
0.22 % |
| |
|
|
Total |
65308617 |
6.1 % |
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, LLC |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC |
% |
% |
% |
| - |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
% |
% |
% |
| - |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc. |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley International Limited |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley Investments (UK) |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc |
% |
% |
5.1 % |
| - |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. |
% |
% |
% |
| - |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley |
% |
% |
% |
| Morgan Stanley Finance LLC |
% |
% |
% |
| - |
% |
% |
% |
| 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 Smith Barney LLC |
% |
% |
% |
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 5.35% of the voting rights in Mercedes-Benz Group AG (or receive an equivalent amount in cash) only once. |
Date
07.11.2023 CET/CEST The EQS Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
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