Covestro AG / DE0006062144

Notification of Major Holdings

1. Details of issuer

Name:	Covestro AG
Street:	Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 60
Postal code:	51373
City:	Leverkusen Germany
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):	3912005AWHKLQ1CPLV11

2. Reason for notification

	Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights
	Acquisition/disposal of instruments
	Change of breakdown of voting rights
X	Other reason: voluntary group notification with triggered threshold on subsidiary level

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Legal entity: Bank of America Corporation City of registered office, country: Wilmington, DE, United States of America (USA)

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

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:

19 Jul 2024

6. Total positions

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 7.a.)	% of voting rights through instruments (total of 7.b.1 + 7.b.2)	Total of both in % (7.a. + 7.b.)	Total number of voting rights pursuant to Sec. 41 WpHG
New	0.27 %	8.15 %	8.41 %	189000000
Previous notification	0.52 %	8.40 %	8.92 %	/

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

ISIN	Absolute		In %
	Direct (Sec. 33 WpHG)	Indirect (Sec. 34 WpHG)	Direct (Sec. 33 WpHG)	Indirect (Sec. 34 WpHG)
DE000606214	0	456030	0.00 %	0.24 %
US22304D207	0	50839	0.00 %	0.03 %
Total	506869		0.27 %

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

Type of instrument	Expiration or maturity date	Exercise or conversion period	Voting rights absolute	Voting rights in %
Right to Recall	n/a	n/a	53297	0.03 %
Physical Call Option	20/09/2024 - 20/12/2024	n/a	700000	0.37 %
		Total	753297	0.40 %

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

Type of instrument	Expiration or maturity date	Exercise or conversion period	Cash or physical settlement	Voting rights absolute	Voting rights in %
Swaps	22/07/2024 - 31/07/2029	n/a	Cash	14641688	7.75 %
			Total	14641688	7.75 %

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 voting rights (if at least 3% or more)	% of voting rights through instruments (if at least 5% or more)	Total of both (if at least 5% or more)
Bank of America Corporation	%	%	%
NB Holdings Corporation	%	%	%
BofAML Jersey Holdings Limited	%	%	%
BofAML EMEA Holdings 2 Limited	%	%	%
Merrill Lynch International	%	%	%
-	%	%	%
Bank of America Corporation	%	%	%
NB Holdings Corporation	%	%	%
BAC North America Holding Company	%	%	%
Bank of America, National Association	%	%	%
-	%	%	%
Bank of America Corporation	%	%	%
NB Holdings Corporation	%	%	%
BofA Securities, Inc.	%	%	%
-	%	%	%
Bank of America Corporation	%	%	%
NB Holdings Corporation	%	%	%
BAC North America Holding Company	%	%	%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated	%	%	%
Managed Account Advisors LLC	%	%	%
-	%	%	%
Bank of America Corporation	%	%	%
NB Holdings Corporation	%	%	%
BAC North America Holding Company	%	%	%
Bank of America, National Association	%	%	%
U.S. Trust Company of Delaware	%	%	%
-	%	%	%
Bank of America Corporation	%	%	%
NB Holdings Corporation	%	%	%
BAC North America Holding Company	%	%	%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated	%	%	%

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 rights	Proportion of instruments	Total of both
%	%	%

10. Other explanatory remarks:

Date

23 Jul 2024