Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 04.10.2010 13:39 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pursuant to Section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG), HSBC Holdings plc, London, England informed us on September 30, 2010 as follows: According to Section 21 para. 1 and Section 24 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) we inform you on behalf of - HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, Duesseldorf, Germany, that on September 24, 2010 its voting share in Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Kurfuersten-Anlage 52-60, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany, exceeded the thresholds of 3 percent and 5 percent and amounted to 5.20 percent on this date (this corresponds to 12,134,955 voting rights). On September 29, 2010 this voting share has fallen below the thresholds of 5 percent and 3 percent and amounted to 0 percent on this date (this corresponds to 0 voting rights). According to Section 21, Section 22 and Section 24 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) we thereupon inform you on behalf of - HSBC Germany Holdings GmbH, Duesseldorf, Germany, that on September 24, 2010 its voting share in Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Kurfuersten-Anlage 52-60, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany, exceeded the thresholds of 3 percent and 5 percent and amounted to 5.20 percent on this date (this corresponds to 12,134,955 voting rights). The above voting rights belong to HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, Duesseldorf, and are attributed to HSBC Germany Holdings GmbH, Duesseldorf, according to Section 22 para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG). On September 29, 2010 this voting share has fallen below the thresholds of 5 percent and 3 percent and amounted to 0 percent on this date (this corresponds to 0 voting rights). Furthermore, we inform you according to Section 21 para. 1, Section 22 and Section 24 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) on behalf of our subsidiary - HSBC Bank plc, London, England, that on September 24, 2010 its voting share in Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Kurfuersten-Anlage 52-60, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany, exceeded the thresholds of 3 percent and 5 percent and amounted to 5.20 percent on this date (this corresponds to 12,134,955 voting rights). The above voting rights belong to HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, Duesseldorf, and are attributed to HSBC Bank plc, London, by HSBC Germany Holdings GmbH, Duesseldorf according to Section 22 para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG). On September 29, 2010 this voting share has fallen below the thresholds of 5 percent and 3 percent and amounted to 0 percent on this date (this corresponds to 0 voting rights). At last, we inform you according to Section 21 para. 1 and Section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that on September 24, 2010 the voting share of - HSBC Holdings plc, London, England, in Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Kurfuersten-Anlage 52-60, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany, exceeded the thresholds of 3 percent and 5 percent and amounted to 5.20 percent on this date (this corresponds to 12,134,955 voting rights). The above voting rights belong to HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, Duesseldorf, and are attributed to HSBC Holdings plc, London, by HSBC Germany Holdings GmbH, Duesseldorf, and by HSBC Bank plc, London, according to Section 22 para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG). On September 29, 2010 this voting share has fallen below the thresholds of 5 percent and 3 percent and amounted to 0 percent on this date (this corresponds to 0 voting rights). 04.10.2010 13:39 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG Kurfürsten-Anlage 52-60 69115 Heidelberg Deutschland Internet: www.heidelberg.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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