Company Announcement:
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus, 4 July 2025
Company Announcement No. 19/2025
Pursuant to Section 30 of the Danish Capital Markets Act, Vestas Wind Systems A/S hereby discloses a notification received on 3 July 2025 from BlackRock, Inc., Wilmington, Denver, USA, cf. attachment.
BlackRock informs that the reason for the notification is a change to BlackRock’s group structure, resulting from the acquisition of HPS Investment Partners.
Furthermore, BlackRock 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 July 2025 corresponded to a position of 8.61 percent of the total share capital in Vestas Wind Systems A/S (holding in previous notification, cf. Company Announcement No. 15/2024 of 9 October 2024: 7.59 percent).
| Number | Percent | |
| Shares according to section 38 of the Danish Capital Markets Act | ||
| Voting rights attached to shares | 1,655,659,451 | 8.19 |
| Share capital attached to shares | 82,782,973 | 8.19 |
| Financial instruments – according to section 39(2)(1) of the Danish Capital Markets Act | ||
| Voting rights attached to financial instruments | 25,556,740 | 0.12 |
| Share capital attached to financial instruments | 1,277,837 | 0.12 |
| 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 similar economic effect | 58,836,300 | 0.29 |
| Share capital attached to financial instruments with similar economic effect | 2,941,815 | 0.29 |
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 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