Douglas AG / DE000BEAU7Y1

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 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	68.57 %	0 %	68.57 %	107692308
Previous notification	68.57 %	0 %	68.57 %	/

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)
DE000BEAU7Y1	0	73841997	0 %	68.57 %
Total	73841997		68.57 %

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 %
			0	0.00 %
		Total	0	0.00 %

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 %
				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 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)
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 rights	Proportion of instruments	Total of 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