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Subject: [Leica] Leica Newsletter 02/17/06: SOCRATES Privatstiftung takes over majority
From: jon.stanton at comcast.net (jon.stanton@comcast.net)
Date: Fri Feb 17 12:45:47 2006

Guess it comes down to Chammomille or Morning Thunder....


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From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net>
> I love your reading of the tea leaves - one could just as easily divine 
> from
> this that they are trying to take control to sell it. ;-)
> 
> 
> On 2/17/06 3:21 PM, "Thinkofcole@aol.com" <Thinkofcole@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Leica Camera AG reported today [jan. 17] that its second-largest  
> > investor
> > now holds slightly more than 50 percent of the company --a sign that a  
> > major
> > insider has confidence that Leica will prosper...Here is Leica's
> > announcement: 
> >  
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > In a message dated 2/17/2006 9:11:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > leica-newsletter@leica-camera.com writes:
> > 
> > Dear  Leica friends,
> > 
> > SOCRATES Privatstiftung, Vienna, Austria, today informed  Leica Camera AG
> > that on February 10, 2006 its share of voting rights of Leica  Camera AG 
> > has
> > exceeded the 50 % threshold. The share of voting rights held by  SOCRATES
> > Privatstiftung now amounts to approximately 50.04 %, approximately  
> > 50.04 % of
> > which 
> > are attributable to SOCRATES Privatstiftung according to  section 22 (1)
> > sentence 1 no. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act
> > (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz).
> > SOCRATES Privatstiftung holds 100 % of the interest  in ACM 
> > Projektentwicklung
> > GmbH, Salzburg, Austria, which company in turn holds  approximately 
> > 50.04 % of
> > Leica Camera AG.
> > 
> > Concurrently, ACM  Projektentwicklung GmbH, Salzburg, Austria, today 
> > informed
> > Leica Camera AG  that on February 10, 2006 its share of voting rights has
> > exceeded the 50 %  threshold. The share of voting rights held by ACM
> > Projektentwicklung GmbH now  amounts to approximately 50.04 %.
> > 
> > 
> > With best regards,
> > Leica  Camera AG
> > Corporate  Communications
> > http://www.leica-camera.com/
> > 
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