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Upon completion,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">SL was to indirectly own</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="18">96.71% in AH. Concurrently, SL</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="19">acquired a 26.75% stake, or</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="20">26.214 mil ordinary shares, in</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="21">MLP AG. Additionally, CM</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="22">planned to acquire a 3% stake,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="23">or 1.053 mil ordinary shares,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="24">in SL.</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>GERMANY - Swiss Life Holding AG (SL) of Switzerland planned to acquire a 10.46% stake, or 4.042 mil ordinary shares, in AWD Holding AG (AH), a Hanover-based provider of financial services, and a unit of SL's wholly-owned Swiss Life Beteiligungs GmbH subsidiary, from Mr. Carsten Maschmeyer, for 30 euros (48.595 Swiss francs/$44.412 US), or a total value of 121.249 mil euros (196.404 mil francs/$179.495 mil), in a privately negotiated transaction. 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Concurrently, SL</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">acquired a 26.75% stake, or 26.214 mil ordinary shares, in MLP AG. Additionally, CM</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">planned to acquire a 3% stake, or 1.053 mil ordinary shares, in SL.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:value sdc:p="0">GERMANY - Swiss Life Holding AG (SL) of Switzerland planned to acquire a 10.46% stake, or 4.042 mil ordinary shares, in AWD Holding AG (AH), a Hanover-based provider of financial services, and a unit</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">of SL's wholly-owned Swiss Life Beteiligungs GmbH subsidiary, from Mr. Carsten Maschmeyer, for 30 euros (48.595 Swiss francs/$44.412 US), or a total value of 121.249 mil euros (196.404 mil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">francs/$179.495 mil), in a privately negotiated transaction. Upon completion, SL was to indirectly own 96.71% in AH. 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It also</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">operates in the UK, Austria,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">Switzerland, the Czech</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">Republic, Slovakia, Poland,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">Croatia, Hungary and Rumania.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">The company was founded in</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">1988.</sdc:value></sdc:g_TEST><sdc:g_business><sdc:value sdc:p="0">AWD Holding AG, located in Hannover, provides investment</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">management services. It also operates in the UK, Austria,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Croatia,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">Hungary and Rumania. The company was founded in 1988.</sdc:value></sdc:g_business><sdc:g_business1><sdc:value>AWD Holding AG, located in Hannover, provides investment management services. It also operates in the UK, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Croatia, Hungary and Rumania. 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We are about to begin. Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to today's AWD Holding AG #M #### disclosure conference call. For your information this conference is being recorded. At this time I would like to hand the call over to your host today, Mr. Hartmuth Hohn, please go ahead sir. ...

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