| The Capital Group Companies Inc.
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EQS Voting Rights Announcement: tonies SE
tonies SE: Release according to article 11 paragraph 6 of the Luxembourg transparency law and section 40 paragraph 1 of
the German securities trading act (WpHG) | The Capital Group Companies Inc.
2024-06-18 / 18:10 CET/CEST
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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGSi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are
attachedii:
tonies SE
2. Reason for the notification:
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv:
Name: The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
City and country of registered office (if applicable): Los Angeles, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s)v:
Capital Research and Management Company
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:
2024-06-13
6. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
% of voting rights % of voting rights through Total of both Total number of
attached to shares financial instruments (total of in % (7.A + voting rights of
(total of 7.A) 7.B.1 + 7.B.2) 7.B) issuervii
Resulting situation on the date
on which threshold was crossed 5.34 0.00 5.34 126,847,586
or reached
Position of previous N/A -
notification (if applicable) 7. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type of shares (ISIN Number of voting Number of voting rights % of voting rights % of voting rights
code if possible) rights directix indirectix directix indirectix
LU2333563281 0 6,777,778 0.00 5.34
SUBTOTAL A (Direct & Indirect) 6,777,778 5.34
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B.1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 12(1)(a) of the Transparency Law
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Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the % of voting
instrument datex Conversion Periodxi instrument is exercised/ converted rights
N/A
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B.2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 12(1)(b) of the Transparency Law
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Type of financial Expiration Exercise/Conversion Physical or cash Number of voting % of voting
instrument datex Periodxi settlementxii rights rights
N/A 8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation:
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Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv:
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% of voting rights held by ultimate % of voting rights through financial
controlling person or entity or instruments held by ultimate Total Directly
N Namexv held directly by any subsidiary if controlling person or entity or held of controlled
° it equals or is higher than the directly by any subsidiary if it equals both by (use
notifiable threshold or is higher than the notifiable number(s)
threshold from 1st
column)
Capital
1 Research 5.34 0.00 5.34
and
Management
Company 9. In case of proxy voting:
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N/A 10. Additional informationxvi:
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC") is the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") and Capital Bank & Trust Company ("CB&T"). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management company that serves as investment manager to the American Funds family of mutual funds, other pooled investment vehicles, as well as individual and institutional clients. CRMC and its investment manager affiliates manage equity assets for various investment companies through three divisions, Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors. CRMC is the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"), which in turn is the parent company of six investment management companies ("CGII management companies"): Capital International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International Sàrl, Capital International K.K., Capital Group Private Client Services Inc, and Capital Group Investment Management Private Limited. CGII management companies primarily serve as investment managers to institutional and high net worth clients. CB&T is a U.S.-based registered investment adviser and an affiliated federally chartered bank. Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of the Issuer for its own account. Rather, the shares reported on this Notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above.
Notes
i Please note that national forms may vary due to specific national legislation (Article 3(1a) of Directive 2004/109 /EC) as for instance the applicable thresholds or information regarding capital holdings.
ii Full name of the legal entity and further specification of the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate (e.g. address, LEI, domestic number identity).
iii Other reason for the notification could be voluntary notifications, changes of attribution of the nature of the holding (e.g. expiring of financial instruments) or acting in concert.
iv This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the natural person or legal entity acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for in Article 9 (b) to (h) of the Transparency Law; or (c) the holder of financial instruments referred to in Article 12(1) of the Transparency Law.
As the disclosure of cases of acting in concert may vary due to the specific circumstances (e.g. same or different total positions of the parties, entering or exiting of acting in concert by a single party) the standard form does not provide for a specific method how to notify cases of acting in concert.
In relation to the transactions referred to in points (b) to (h) of Article 9 of the Transparency Law, the following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned: . in the circumstances foreseen in letter (b) of Article 9 of that Law, the natural person or legal entitythat acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting rights; . in the circumstances foreseen in letter (c) of Article 9 of that Law, the natural person or legal entityholding the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention ofexercising them, and natural person or legal entity lodging the collateral under these conditions; . in the circumstances foreseen in letter (d) of Article 9 of that Law, the natural person or legal entity who has a life interest in shares if that person or entity is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares and the natural person or legal entity who is disposing of the voting rights when the life interest is created; . in the circumstances foreseen in letter (e) of Article 9 of that Law, the controlling natural person or legal entity and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under Article 8, under letters (a) to (d) of Article 9 of that Law or under a combination of any of those situations, the controlled undertaking; . in the circumstances foreseen in letter (f) of Article 9 of that Law, the deposit taker of the shares, ifhe can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor ofthe shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion; . in the circumstances foreseen in letter (g) of Article 9 of that Law, the natural person or legal entity that controls the voting rights; . in the circumstances foreseen in letter (h) of Article 9 of that Law, the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holderallowing the latter to exercise the voting rights at his discretion (e.g. management companies).
v Applicable in the cases provided for in Article 9 (b) to (h) of the Transparency Law. This should be the full name of the shareholder who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in Article 9 of that Law unless the percentage of voting rights held by the shareholder is lower than the 5% threshold for the disclosure of voting rights holdings (e.g. identification of funds managed by management companies).
vi The date on which threshold is crossed or reached should be the date on which the acquisition or disposal took place or the other reason triggered the notification obligation. For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect.
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