Shareholder structure
The Swiss insurance group Swiss Life announced on August 14 of the previous year a wish to acquire a shareholding of 27 % in MLP. With the increase in capital stock performed on August 21, 2008, Swiss Life’s stake dropped to 24 %.
At the end of 2008, German investors held the greatest number of shares in MLP AG (45 %). North American investors held 5 %, while European investors held 32 % (excluding Germany). You can view our shareholder structure, which is updated quarterly, at any time on the Internet at www.mlp-ag.de.
Shareholder structure and regional distribution of the investors
Overview of the largest MLP shareholders
| Dr. h.c. Manfred Lautenschläger (D) 1 | 23.37 % |
| Angelika Lautenschläger (D) 2 | 6.03 % |
| Swiss Life (CH) | 24.30 % |
| Allianz SE (D) | 6.27 % |
| Berenberg Bank (D) | 5.01 % |
| AXA S.A. (F) | 4.72 % |
| Harris Associates (USA) | 2.95 % |
| Uberior Ena Ltd. (HBOS) (UK) | 0.73 % |
| 1 20.97 percent of the voting rights of Angelika Lautenschläger Beteiligungen Verwaltungs GmbH (Germany) are attributable to the 23.37 percent of voting rights of Dr. h.c. Manfred Lautenschläger (in accordance with article 22, section 1, sentence 1, no. 6 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG)) | |
| 2 4.17 percent of voting rights of M.L. Stiftung gGmbH (Germany) are attributable to the 6.03 percent of voting rights of Angelika Lautenschläger (in accordance with article 22, section 1, sentence 1, no. 6 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG)) | |