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• Hilka Birns
Deutsche Lufthansa has updated its regulatory holdings disclosure to state that Kühne Aviation GmbH holds just over 20% of the airline’s voting rights indirectly, equivalent to 240.4 million votes. The filing formalizes the scale of the investor’s position in Germany’s flag carrier.
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Deutsche Lufthansa has updated its regulatory holdings disclosure to state that Kühne Aviation GmbH holds just over 20% of the airline’s voting rights indirectly, equivalent to 240.4 million votes. The filing formalizes the scale of the investor’s position in Germany’s flag carrier.
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