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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name: Federated Investors Inc.
Place: Pittsburgh, PA
State: USA
Company data:
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Name: Epigenomics AG
Address: Kleine Präsidentenstraße 1, 10178 Berlin
Place: Berlin
State: Deutschland
Voting Rights: Release of a Voting Rights Notification (§§ 21 et seq. WpHG) in
Accordance with § 26, para. 1 WpHG (German Securities Trading Act) with the Aim
of an Europe-wide Distribution
Issuer:
Epigenomics AG
ISIN: DE000A0BVT96
Kleine Präsidentenstr. 1
10178 Berlin
Germany
Voting Rights Notification:
On 19 February 2010, Federated Investors Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, USA, in the name
and on behalf of Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA, made the following notification regarding the holding of
voting rights held in Epigenomics AG pursuant to § 21 para. 1 WpHG in connection
with § 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG:
On 3 February 2010 Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania fell
below the 15 per cent threshold of § 21 para. 1 WpHG and held at this date
14.036 per cent of the voting rights (i.e. 4,125,990 voting rights of the
29,394,724 shares outstanding) in Epigenomics AG.
All 14.036 per cent of the voting rights (4,125,990 voting rights) are
attributed to Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania pursuant to §
22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG. Some of the voting rights are attributed to
Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania by Federated Kaufmann Fund,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA, which holds directly 3 or more per cent of the voting
rights in Epigenomics AG.
Federated Investors Inc., is the parent company of F II Holdings Inc.,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA, which in turn is the parent company of Federated Equity
Management Company of Pennsylvania. Federated Equity Management Company of
Pennsylvania, an investment adviser registered in the United States under the
Investment Adviser Act of 1940, as amended, acts as Investment Adviser to the
Federated Kaufmann Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust and Investment Company,
as that term is defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Date of release: 22 February 2010
Epigenomics AG
The Executive Board
Contact:
Epigenomics AG
Dr. Achim Plum
Senior Vice President Corporate Development
Tel.: +49 (0)30 24345 368
Fax: +49 (0)30 24345 555
Email: achim.plum@epigenomics.com
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