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Helaba has legal capacity as an institution incorporated under public law. Owners and guarantors of
Landesbank Hessen-ThĂĽringen are the Sparkassen- und Giroverband Hessen-ThĂĽringen (85%) (Savings Banks and Giro Association of Hesse-Thuringia), the Federal State of Hesse (10%) and the Free State of
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