We have received the following notifications of voting rights pursuant to paragraph
25 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) on August 7, 2015:
Notification pursuant to paragraph 25 WpHG (financial instruments)
1. Listed company:
ADVA Optical Networking SE
Maerzenquelle 1-3, 98617 Meiningen-Dreissigacker, Germany
2. Notifier:
UBS Group AG, Zurich, Switzerland
3. Triggering event: Exceeding threshold due acquisition/disposal
4. Threshold (s) crossed or reached: 5%
5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: August 4, 2015
6. Voting rights:
Total amount: 5.82% (equals: 2830356 voting rights)
calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 48620032
7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:
- (Financial/other) instruments purs. to sec. 25 WpHG: 5.67% (equals: 2758396 voting rights)
thereof held indirectly: 5.67% (equals: 2758396 voting rights)
- Voting rights purs. to sec. 21, 22 WpHG: 0.15% (equals: 71960 voting rights)
8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments:
Chain of controlled undertakings: UBS AG, UBS Switzerland AG
Exercise period: anytime
ADVA Optical Networking SE
Maerzenquelle 1-3, 98617 Meiningen-Dreissigacker, Germany
t +49 3693 450 0, f +49 3963 450 499
investor-relations@advaoptical.com, www.advaoptical.com
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