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

 

	% of voting rights attached to shares (7.A)	% of voting rights through financial/other instruments (7.B.1 + 7.B.2)	Total of both in % (7.A + 7.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed / reached	52,25 %	0,00 %	52,25 %	38 618 180
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	52,25 %

 

 

Details

7. Notified details of the resulting situation:

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares
ISIN Code	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
	Direct (Sec 130 BörseG 2018)	Indirect (Sec 133 BörseG 2018)	Direct (Sec 130 BörseG 2018)	Indirect (Sec 133 BörseG 2018)
AT0000644505		20 177 020		52,25 %
SUBTOTAL A	20 177 020		52,25 %

 

 

B 1: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 1 BörseG 2018
Type of instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL B.1

 

 

B 2: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 2 BörseG 2018
Type of instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise Period	Physical / Cash Settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL B.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

No.	Name	Directly controlled by No.	Shares held  directly (%)	Financial/other instruments held  directly (%)	Total of both (%)
1	B&C Privatstiftung
2	B&C Holding Österreich GmbH	1
3	B&C KB Holding GmbH	2	25,00 %		25,00 %
4	B&C Alpha Zweite Holding GmbH & Co KG	1		25,00 %	25,00 %
5	B&C Epsilon Zweite Holding GmbH	4	25,00 %		25,00 %
6	B&C Ares Holding GmbH	2	2,25 %		2,25 %
7	Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft	3,5
8	B&C Gamma Zweite Holding GmbH	7

 

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