RNS Number : 4123E
Zentiva N.V.
26 September 2008
Zentiva N.V. - Notification of Change in Shareholders' Structure
Prague, London, September 26, 2008 – Zentiva N.V. (“Zentiva”) announces that Belviport Trading Ltd.disclosed to the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the “AFM”) that, as of September 19, 2008, Belviport Trading Ltd. held directly 2,320,000 shares of Zentiva, representing 6.08% of total capital interest and voting rights in Zentiva.
Under Dutch law, if any person or entity actively or passively, directly or indirectly, acquires or disposes of shares and/or voting rights relating to Zentiva and such person or entity knows or should reasonably know that the shares and/or voting rights that are at its disposal reach, exceed or fall below any of the thresholds of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 75%, or 95%, that person or entity must promptly notify the same to the AFM. Notifications received by AFM are then published by AFM on its website at www.afm.nl (go to 'English', 'Public database', and 'search in registers' for Zentiva).
Based on publicly available information, Zentiva's current shareholders' structure is as follows:
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Shareholder
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Capital Interest
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Voting Rights
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Sanofi-Aventis Group
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24.9%
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24.9%
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PPF Group N.V. and Generali PPF Holding B.V. acting in concert
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19.2%
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19.2%
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Fervent Holdings Limited
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7.6%
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7.6%
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Belviport Trading Ltd.
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6.1%
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6.1%
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Management and employees
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5.9%
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5.9%
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Other Institutional & Private investors
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36.3%
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36.3%
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Total
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100.0%
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100.0%
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Investor Relations
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Media Relations
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Petr Šulc
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +420 267 242 737
petr.sulc@zentiva.cz
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Alexander Marček
Corporate Finance Director
Tel: +420 267 243 745
alexander.marcek@zentiva.cz
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Věra Kudynová
PR Manager
Tel: +420 267 242 312
vera.kudynova@zentiva.cz
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Liběna Stiebitzová
Investor Relations Specialist
Tel: +420 267 243 055
libena.stiebitzova@zentiva.cz
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General Inquiries
Tel: +420 267 243 888
Fax: +420 272 702 869
investor.relations@zentiva.cz
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Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Tel: +44 (0)20 7638 9571
David Dible
david.dible@citigatedr.co.uk
Chris Gardner
chris.gardner@citigatedr.co.uk
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