EQS-PVR: H&R GmbH & Co. KGaA: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

Notification pursuant to § 43 WpHG
Nils Hansen (the 'Notifying Party') has notified via a group notification in accordance with Section 37 para. 1 WpHG on 29 September 2025 (the 'Voting Rights Notification') that his share of voting rights and the share of voting rights of his subsidiaries, H&R Holding GmbH and H&R Beteiligung GmbH have crossed the threshold of 75% of the voting rights in H&R GmbH & Co. KGaA (the 'Company') within the meaning of Sections 33 and 34 WpHG on 25 September 2025. The voting rights were acquired through (i) a voluntary public tender offer by H&R Holding GmbH to all shareholders of the Company (the 'Offer'), (ii) on-exchange and off-exchange acquisitions of shares in the Company (the 'H&R Shares') by H&R Holding GmbH and (iii) contributions of H&R Shares to H&R Beteiligung GmbH (hereinafter collectively the 'Acquisitions'), whereby the threshold was only crossed as a result of the contributions pursuant to (iii).

In accordance with Section 43 para. 1 WpHG, Mr. Nils Hansen discloses for himself and for his subsidiaries H&R Holding GmbH and H&R Beteiligung GmbH (together with Nils Hansen, the 'Notifying Persons') named in the Voting Rights Notification the objectives pursued with the Acquisitions of the voting rights and the origin of the funds used for these Acquisitions as follows:

1. Objectives pursued with the acquisition of voting rights (section 43 para. 1 sentence 3 WpHG)
1.1 The Acquisitions of the H&R Shares served the purpose of consolidating the H&R shares in H&R Beteiligung GmbH and thus implementing strategic objectives of the Notifying Parties. The Notifying Persons are seeking a long-term commitment to the Company.
1.2 The Notifying Persons intend to acquire further voting rights in the Company within the next twelve months, provided that this is economically and operationally expedient at the relevant time.
1.3 The Notifying Persons do not seek to exert any influence on the composition of administrative, management and supervisory bodies or on business policy beyond the exercise of voting rights (in compliance with the voting prohibitions under stock corporation law) at the Company's general meetings.
1.4 The Notifying Parties do not intend to make any significant changes to the Company's capital structure, particularly with regard to the ratio of equity and debt financing and the dividend policy.

2. Origin of the funds used (§ 43 para. 1 sentence 4 WpHG)
With respect to the voting rights acquired by H&R Holding GmbH (i.e. the funds used for the acquisition offer and the stock exchange and off-market acquisitions) the funds used were borrowed funds. The voting rights acquired by H&R Beteiligung GmbH took place in return for issuance of new shares as part of a capital increase in kind and therefore without the use of own or borrowed funds.

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October 1, 2025