We have received the following notifications of voting rights pursuant to paragraph
25a of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) on November 11, 2015:
Notification pursuant to paragraph 25a 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 to acquisition/disposal
4. Threshold (s) crossed or reached: 5%
5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: November 5, 2015
6. Voting rights:
Total amount: 5.05% (equals: 2474147 voting rights)
calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 48981307
7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:
- (Financial/other) instruments purs. to sec. 25a WpHG: 0.04% (equals: 21679 voting rights)
thereof held indirectly: 0.04% (equals: 21679 voting rights)
- (Financial/other) instruments purs. to sec. 25 WpHG: 4.40% (equals: 2155840 voting rights)
thereof held indirectly: 4.40% (equals: 2155840 voting rights)
- Voting rights purs. to sec. 21, 22 WpHG: 0.61% (equals: 296628 voting rights)
8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments:
Chain of controlled undertakings: UBS AG
ISIN or name/description of (financial/other) instruments: Equity Swaps
Expiration date: 12/20/2016
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We have received the following notifications of voting rights pursuant to paragraph
25a of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) on November 11, 2015:
Notification pursuant to paragraph 25a WpHG (financial instruments)
1. Listed company:
ADVA Optical Networking SE
Maerzenquelle 1-3, 98617 Meiningen-Dreissigacker, Germany
2. Notifier:
UBS AG, Zurich, Switzerland
3. Triggering event: Exceeding threshold due to acquisition/disposal
4. Threshold (s) crossed or reached: 5%
5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: November 5, 2015
6. Voting rights:
Total amount: 5.05% (equals: 2474147 voting rights)
calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 48981307
7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:
- (Financial/other) instruments purs. to sec. 25a WpHG: 0.04% (equals: 21679 voting rights)
thereof held indirectly: 0.00% (equals: 0 voting rights)
- (Financial/other) instruments purs. to sec. 25 WpHG: 4.40% (equals: 2155840 voting rights)
thereof held indirectly: 3.61% (equals: 1769020 voting rights)
- Voting rights purs. to sec. 21, 22 WpHG: 0.61% (equals: 296628 voting rights)
8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments:
Chain of controlled undertakings:
ISIN or name/description of (financial/other) instruments: Equity Swaps
Expiration date: 12/20/2016
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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