Douglas AG: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG (the
German Securities Trading Act) with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

EQS Voting Rights Announcement: Douglas AG
Douglas AG: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG (the
German Securities Trading Act) with the objective of Europe-wide
distribution

10.05.2024 / 17:17 CET/CEST
Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement transmitted by EQS News - a
service of EQS Group AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Notification of Major Holdings

1. Details of issuer

     Name:                             Douglas AG
     Street:                           Luise-Rainer-Str. 7-11
     Postal code:                      40235
     City:                             Düsseldorf
                                       Germany
     Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):    529900RLJJSL6ZU4P947

2. Reason for notification

        Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights
        Acquisition/disposal of instruments
        Change of breakdown of voting rights
   X    Other reason: Termination of control by CVC Capital Partners
        SICAV-FIS S.A. and Vision 2013 PCC; Voluntary group notification
        with triggered threshold on subsidiary level due to an intragroup
        reorganisation

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

     Legal entity: CVC Capital Partners plc
     City of registered office, country: St. Helier, Jersey

4. Names of shareholder(s)
holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3.

Kirk Beauty International S.A.

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:

30 Apr 2024

6. Total positions

               % of voting  % of voting rights   Total of  Total number of
           rights attached             through  both in %    voting rights
                 to shares  instruments (total    (7.a. +      pursuant to
           (total of 7.a.)   of 7.b.1 + 7.b.2)      7.b.)     Sec. 41 WpHG
  New              68.57 %                 0 %    68.57 %        107692308
  Previo-          68.57 %                 0 %    68.57 %                /
  us
  notifi-
  cation

7. Details on total positions
a. Voting rights attached to shares (Sec. 33, 34 WpHG)

    ISIN            Absolute                       In %
                  Direct (Sec.  Indirect (Sec.  Direct (Sec.  Indirect
                      33 WpHG)        34 WpHG)      33 WpHG)  (Sec. 34
                                                                 WpHG)
    DE000BEAU7Y1             0        73841997           0 %   68.57 %
    Total           73841997                     68.57 %

b.1. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 1 WpHG

    Type of     Expiration or  Exercise or    Voting     Voting
    instrument  maturity date  conversion     rights  rights in
                               period       absolute          %
                                                   0     0.00 %
                               Total               0     0.00 %

b.2. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 2 WpHG

    Type of    Expiration   Exercise or  Cash or       Voting  Voting
    instrume-  or maturity  conversion   physical      rights  rights
    nt         date         period       settlement  absolute    in %
                                                            0  0.00 %
                                         Total              0  0.00 %

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

        Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled nor
        does it control any other undertaking(s) that directly or
        indirectly hold(s) an interest in the (underlying) issuer (1.).
   X    Full chain of controlled undertakings starting with the ultimate
        controlling natural person or legal entity:

  Name                                        % of   % of voting    Total
                                            voting        rights  of both
                                            rights       through   (if at
                                            (if at   instruments    least
                                          least 3%  (if at least    5% or
                                          or more)   5% or more)    more)
  CVC Capital Partners plc                       %             %        %
  CVC Management Holdings II Limited             %             %        %
  CVC Capital Partners Fund Holdings II          %             %        %
  Limited
  CVC Capital Partners VI Limited                %             %        %
  CVC Capital Partners VI (A) L.P. / CVC         %             %        %
  Capital Partners VI (B) L.P. / CVC
  Capital Partners VI (C) L.P. / CVC
  Capital Partners VI (D) S.L.P. / CVC
  Capital Partners VI Associates L.P. *
  Kirk Beauty Jersey FinCo Limited               %             %        %
  Kirk Beauty S.à r.l                            %             %        %
  Kirk Beauty Investments S.A.                   %             %        %
  Kirk Beauty International S.A.           68.57 %             %  68.57 %

9. In case of proxy voting according to Sec. 34 para. 3 WpHG
(only in case of attribution of voting rights in accordance with Sec. 34
para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 WpHG)

Date of general meeting:
Holding total positions after general meeting (6.) after annual general
meeting:

     Proportion of voting    Proportion of    Total of
                   rights      instruments        both
                        %                %           %

10. Other explanatory remarks:

   Due to an intragroup reorganisation CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS
   S.A. and Vision 2013 PCC no longer control CVC Capital Partners plc. *
   Further entities with joint control are: CVC Capital Partners
   Investment Europe VI L.P.

Date

06 May 2024


---------------------------------------------------------------------------

10.05.2024 CET/CEST The EQS Distribution Services include Regulatory
Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
Archive at www.eqs-news.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Language:    English
   Company:     Douglas AG
                Luise-Rainer-Str. 7-11
                40235 Düsseldorf
                Germany

End of News EQS News Service
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

1900757 10.05.2024 CET/CEST