DGAP-Stimmrechte: SAF-HOLLAND S.A.

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SAF-HOLLAND S.A.

23.03.2016 18:32

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ESMA/2015/1597

Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to

the competent authority) (i)

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to

which voting rights are attached (ii):

SAF-HOLLAND SA

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

[ ] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

[ ] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

[ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

[X] Other (please specify) (iii): Declaration of Independence provided in

August 2014

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation (iv):

Name: Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

City and country of registered office (if applicable):

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (v):

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached (vi): 28.07.2014

6. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

% of voting

% of voting rights Total of Total number

rights attached through both in % of voting

to shares (total financial (7.A + rights of

of 7.A) instruments 7.B) issuer (vii)

(total of

7.B.1 +

7.B.2)

Resulting situation

on the date on

which threshold 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 45361112

was crossed or

reached

Position of

previous 5.29% N/A 5.29%

notification (if

applicable)

7. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the

threshold was crossed or reached (viii):

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of

shares Number of voting rights (ix) % of voting rights

Direct Indirect Direct Indirect

ISIN code (if

possible) (Art 9 of (Art 10 of (Art 9 of (Art 10 of

Directive Directive Directive Directive

2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC)

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

SUBTOTAL A N/A N/A

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/

109/EC

Number of voting

rights that may be

Type of Expirat- Exercise/ acquired if the % of voting rights

financial ion Conversion instrument is exer-

instrument date (x) Period (xi) cised/ converted.

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

SUBTOTAL B.1 N/A N/A

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art.

13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC

Exercise/

Type of Expiration Conversion Physical or Number of % of

financial date(x) Period(xi) cash voting voting

instrument settlement(xii) rights rights

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

SUBTOTAL B.2 N/A N/A

8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification

obligation (please tick the applicable box):

[X] Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any

natural person or legal entity and does not control any other

undertaking(s)holding directly or indirectly an interest in the

(underlying) issuer. (xiii)

[ ] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights

and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the

ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (xiv):

% of voting rights

% of voting rights through financial in- Total of both if

if it equals or is struments if it equals it equals or is

Name(xv) higher than the or is higher than the higher than the

notifiable threshold notifiable threshold notifiable

threshold

9. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold

[% and number] voting rights as of [date]

10. Additional information (xvi):

Please note the last disclosure filed for SAF-Holland S.A. was in May 2014

under Deutsche Bank AG at 5.29% on behalf of Deutsche Asset & Wealth

Management Investment GmbH (5.22%), DWS Investment S.A. (0.05%) and

Oppenheim Asset Management Services S.à r.l. (0.02%)

A Declaration of Independence was filed for Deutsche Asset & Wealth

Management Investment GmbH in August 2014 and an update filed in October

2015. Due to the Declaration of Independence Deutsche Asset & Wealth

Management Investment GmbH files disclosures independently.

Please also note that as of 17th March 2016, Deutsche Asset & Wealth

Management Investment GmbH was renamed as Deutsche Asset Management

Investment GmbH.

Done at [London] on [23 March 2016].

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Sprache: Deutsch

Unternehmen: SAF-HOLLAND S.A.

68-70, boulevard de la Pétrusse

L-2320 Luxembourg

Großherzogtum Luxemburg

Internet: www.safholland.com

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