Vestas Wind Systems A/S: Major shareholder announcement - change in group structure of BlackRock, Inc.
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus, 9 October 2024
Company Announcement No. 15/2024
Pursuant to Section 30 of the Danish Capital Markets Act, Vestas Wind Systems A/S hereby discloses a notification received from BlackRock, Inc., Wilmington, Denver, USA, on 7 October 2024, cf. attachment.
The reason for the notification is a change to BlackRock's group structure, resulting from the acquisition of Global Infrastructure Management, LLC.
Furthermore, BlackRock, Inc. informs that it is still a major shareholder, and that in its new group structure, its holding of voting rights and share capital as per 1 October 2024 corresponded to a position of 7.59 percent (previously 5.36 percent) of the total share capital in Vestas Wind Systems A/S.
Number Percent
Shares according to section 38 of the Danish Capital
Markets Act
Voting rights attached to shares 1,517,589,102 7.51
Share capital attached to shares 75,879,455 7.51
Financial instruments - according to section 39(2)(1)
of the Danish Capital Markets Act
Voting rights attached to financial instruments - -
Share capital attached to financial instruments - -
Financial instruments with similar economic effect -
according to section 39(2)(2) of the Danish Capital
Markets Act
Voting rights attached to financial instruments with 16,867,820 0.08
similar economic effect
Share capital attached to financial instruments with 843,391 0.08
similar economic effect
The shares and financial instruments are held through BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.; BlackRock Investment Management, LLC; BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited; BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited; BlackRock International Limited; BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association; BlackRock Fund Advisors; BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.; BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited; BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG; BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited; BlackRock Advisors, LLC; BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited; BlackRock (Singapore) Limited; BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.; and Aperio Group, LLC; each controlled through chains of BlackRock entities ultimately controlled by BlackRock, Inc.
Contact details
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Denmark
Daniel Patterson, Vice President
Investor Relations
Tel: +45 2669 2725
Frederik Holm Jacobsen, Senior Specialist
Investor Relations
Tel: + 45 2835 3365