| The Board of Directors of ASTARTA Holding N.V. informs that on November 9, 2009, the Company received from ING Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. with its registered office at Plac Trzech Krzyży 10/14, 00-499 Warszawa, Poland, the notification on holding of shares constituting more than 5% of the total number of votes at the general meeting of a public company, which reads as follows: "In accordance with art. 69.1.1 in connection with art. 87.1.2 a) of the Act on Public Offerings and Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial instruments to Organised Trading System and on Public Companies ING Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A., acting on behalf of investment funds managed by it notifies that after acquisition of shares of ASTARTA Holding N.V. by ING Fundusz Inwestycyjny Otwarty Średnich i Małych Spółek and ING Parasol Fundusz Inwestycyjny Otwarty, the investment funds managed by ING Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. hold shares constituting altogether more than 5% of the total number of votes at the general meeting of ASTARTA Holding N.V. The shareholding in ASTARTA Holding N.V. changed on November 5, 2009 due to the acquisition of shares of the company. Before the change of the shareholding, the investment funds managed by ING Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. held altogether 1,249,717 shares of ASTARTA Holding N.V., which constituted 4.99% of the share capital of the company. Before the change of the shareholding the shares held by the investment funds managed by ING Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. entitled to the total number of 1,249,717 votes at the general meeting of ASTARTA Holding N.V., which constituted 4.99% of the total number of votes at the general meeting of the company. As of November 5, 2009 and the date of this notification, the investment funds managed by ING Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. held altogether 1,262,814 shares of ASTARTA Holding N.V., which constituted 5.05% of the share capital of the company. As of November 5, 2009 and the date of this notification, the shares held by the investment funds managed by ING Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. entitled to the total number of 1,262,814 votes at the general meeting of ASTARTA Holding N.V., which constituted 5.05% of the total number of votes at the general meeting of the company." | |
