EQS-PVR: Lenzing AG: Release according to Article 135, Section 2 BörseG with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

Overview 

1. Issuer: Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft
2. Reason for the notification: 
   1. Acquisition or disposal of voting rights
3. Person subject to notification obligation:
   1. Name: B&C Privatstiftung
   2. City: Vienna
   3. Country: Austria
4. Name of shareholder(s): B&C KB Holding GmbH, B&C Epsilon Zweite Holding GmbH, B&C Ares Holding GmbH
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 19.08.2024
6. Total positions

Details

7. Notified details of the resulting situation:

8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation:

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial/other instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity:

9. In case of proxy voting
   1. Date of general meeting: -
   2. Voting rights after general meeting: is equivalent to voting rights

10. Other comments:

As part of an intra-group merger, the entire assets of B&C Epsilon Second Holding GmbH are to be transferred to B&C Gamma Second Holding GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft.

With the implementation of this merger, the chain of controlled companies will change with regard to the 9,654,545 voting rights (corresponding to 25% of the share capital and voting rights) in Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft currently held by B&C Epsilon Second Holding GmbH: these voting rights will be eliminated as a result of the merger to the shareholder who alone has an interest in the assets of B&C Epsilon Second Holding GmbH, B&C Alpha Second Holding GmbH & Co KG. B&C Epsilon Second Holding GmbH will be deleted once the merger takes effect and will no longer hold any voting rights in Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft. The voting rights affected by this merger are hereby announced as a financial instrument in accordance with Section 131 BörseG 2018.

The B&C Privatstiftung has a total of 20,177,020 voting rights (corresponding to around 52.25% of the share capital and voting rights) in Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft through its indirect subsidiaries B&C KB Holding GmbH, B&C Epsilon Second Holding GmbH and B&C Ares Holding GmbH.

Receipt of participation notification on 19.08.2024