Voting rights / Note on your notifications

We ask shareholders who are obliged to notify PVA TePla AG of a change in voting rights to send the relevant notification electronically to the following e-mail address:
voting-rights(at)pvatepla.com

(If you do not immediately receive the following message after the notification has been sent: "Ihre Mitteilung zur Stimmrechtsmitteilung wurde erfolgreich übermittelt/Your voting rights notification was successfully submitted" please contact us at: gert.fisahn@pvatepla.com and sabine.blass@pvatepla.com.)

PVA TePla AG / Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement transmitted by DGAP

DGAP Voting Rights Announcement: PVA TePla AG 2016-10-10 / 16:50 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 Major Holdings 1. Details of issuer PVA TePla AG

DGAP Voting Rights Announcement: PVA TePla AG

2016-10-10 / 16:50
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 Major Holdings

1. Details of issuer

PVA TePla AG
Im Westpark 10-12
35435 Wettenberg
Germany

2. Reason for notification

X	Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights
	Acquisition/disposal of instruments
	Change of breakdown of voting rights
	Other reason:

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name:	City and country of registered office:
UBS Group AG	Zurich Switzerland

4. Names of shareholder(s)
holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3.

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached

05 Oct 2016

6. Total positions

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 7.a.)	% of voting rights through instruments (total of 7.b.1 + 7.b.2)	total of both in % (7.a. + 7.b.)	total number of voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation	2.98 %	0.90 %	3.88 %	21749988
Previous notification	3.20 %	0.81 %	4.01 %	/

7. Notified details of the resulting situation
a. Voting rights attached to shares (Sec.s 21, 22 WpHG)

ISIN	absolute		in %
	direct (Sec. 21 WpHG)	indirect (Sec. 22 WpHG)	direct (Sec. 21 WpHG)	indirect (Sec. 22 WpHG)
DE0007461006	0	647891	0 %	2.98 %
Total	647891		2.98 %

b.1. Instruments according to Sec. 25 para. 1 No. 1 WpHG

Type of instrument	Expiration or maturity date	Exercise or conversion period	Voting rights absolute	Voting rights in %
Right to recall of lent shares		jederzeit/at any time	5000	0.02 %
Right to substitute shares delivered as collateral		jederzeit/at any time	190940	0.88 %
		Total	195940	0.90 %

b.2. Instruments according to Sec. 25 para. 1 No. 2 WpHG

Type of instrument	Expiration or maturity date	Exercise or conversion period	Cash or physical settlement	Voting rights absolute	Voting rights in %
					%
			Total		%

8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

	Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled and does itself not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer (1.).
X	Full chain of controlled undertakings starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity:

Name	% of voting rights (if at least held 3% or more)	% of voting rights through instruments (if at least held 5% or more)	Total of both (if at least held 5% or more)
UBS Group AG	%	%	%
UBS AG	%	%	%
UBS Switzerland AG	%	%	%

9. In case of proxy voting according to Sec. 22 para. 3 WpHG

Date of general meeting:
Holding position after general meeting:	% (equals voting rights)

10. Other explanatory remarks:

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Language:	English
Company:	PVA TePla AG
	Im Westpark 10-12
	35435 Wettenberg
	Germany
Internet:	www.pvatepla.com


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