Aareal Bank AG 22.05.2015 09:00 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG On 19 May 2015, BlackRock, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA, notified us pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG that its share of voting rights in Aareal Bank AG, Wiesbaden, Germany, exceeded the threshold of 3% on 15 May 2015 and amounts to 3.002% (1,797,108 shares) on that day. 1,384,181 voting rights (2.31%) in Aareal Bank AG are attributed to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to section 22 (1) sent. 1 no. 1 WpHG. 445.313 voting rights (0.74%) in Aareal Bank AG are attributed to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to section 22 (1) sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with sent. 2 WpHG. Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equal the sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from voting rights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure. Notification of voting rights pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG On 19 May 2015, BlackRock HoldCo 2, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA, notified us pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG that its share of voting rights in Aareal Bank AG, Wiesbaden, Germany, exceeded the threshold of 3% on 15 May 2015 and amounts to 3.002 % (1,797,108 shares) on that day. 1,384,181 voting rights (2.31%) in Aareal Bank AG are attributed to BlackRock HoldCo 2, Inc. pursuant to section 22 (1) sent. 1 no. 1 WpHG. 445,313 voting rights (0.74%) in Aareal Bank AG are attributed to BlackRock HoldCo 2, Inc. pursuant to section 22 (1) sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with sent. 2 WpHG. Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equal the sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from voting rights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure. Notification of voting rights pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG On 19 May 2015, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA, notified us pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG that its share of voting rights in Aareal Bank AG, Wiesbaden, Germany, exceeded the threshold of 3% on 15 May 2015 and amounts to 3.002% (1,797,108 shares) on that day. 1,384,181 voting rights (2.31%) in Aareal Bank AG are attributed to BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. pursuant to section 22 (1) sent. 1 no. 1 WpHG. 13,793 voting rights (0.02%) in Aareal Bank AG are attributed to BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. pursuant to section 22 (1) sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG. 432,385 voting rights (0.72%) in Aareal Bank AG are attributed to BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. pursuant to section 22 (1) sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with sent. 2 WpHG. Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equal the sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from voting rights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure. 22.05.2015 The DGAP 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: Aareal Bank AG Paulinenstr.15 65189 Wiesbaden Germany Internet: www.aareal-bank.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-PVR: Aareal Bank AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
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