VOLKSWAGEN AG 22.07.2015 15:44 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (WpHG - the German Securities Trading Act) with the Aim of a Europe-wide distribution Release according to Article 26, Section 1 WpHG Notification of changes in voting rights according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG On July 20, 2015, the following persons in each case have notified us in accordance with article 21, section 1 of the WpHG that their share of the voting rights in VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg, Germany, exceeded the thresholds of 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30% and 50% of the voting rights on July 14, 2015 and in each case amounted to 50.73% of the voting rights (149,696,681 voting rights) at this date: - Dr. Geraldine Porsche, Austria, - Diana Porsche, Austria, - Felix Alexander Porsche, Germany. Of this figure, in each case 50.73% of the voting rights (149,696,681 voting rights) are attributable to each of the above-mentioned notifying persons in accordance with article 22, section 1, sentence 1 no. 1 of the WpHG. The voting rights attributed to the notifying persons in each case are held via the following enterprises controlled by the notifying persons, whose share of the voting rights in VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT amounts to 3% or more in each case: Ferdinand Porsche Familien-Privatstiftung, Salzburg; Familie Porsche Holding GmbH, Salzburg; Ing. Hans-Peter Porsche GmbH, Salzburg; Hans-Peter Porsche GmbH, Grünwald; Ferdinand Porsche Holding GmbH, Salzburg; Prof. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche GmbH, Salzburg; Ferdinand Alexander Porsche GmbH, Grünwald; Gerhard Anton Porsche GmbH, Salzburg; Gerhard Porsche GmbH, Grünwald; LK Holding GmbH, Salzburg; Louise Kiesling GmbH, Grünwald; Familie Porsche Beteiligung GmbH, Grünwald; Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart. Wolfsburg, July 22, 2015 VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT The Board of Management 22.07.2015 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: VOLKSWAGEN AG Brieffach 1849 38436 Wolfsburg Germany Internet: www.volkswagenag.com/ir End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-PVR: VOLKSWAGEN 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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