SMT Scharf AG / DE000A3DRAE2

Notification of Major Holdings

1. Details of issuer

Name:	SMT Scharf AG
Street:	Römerstrasse 104
Postal code:	59075
City:	Hamm Germany
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):	529900TCSTU65K7JHJ28

2. Reason for notification

	Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights
	Acquisition/disposal of instruments
	Change of breakdown of voting rights
X	Other reason: Admission of shares to trading on an organized market. (SMT Scharf AG's shares were already listed on an organized market in the past.)

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Legal entity: People's Republic of China City of registered office, country: Beijing, China

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

Yankuang Energy Group Company Ltd.

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:

23 Sep 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	52.66 %	0.00 %	52.66 %	5521456
Previous notification	n/a %	n/a %	n/a %	/

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)
DE000A3DRAE2	0	2907454	0.00 %	52.66 %
Total	2907454		52.66 %

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)
The People's Republic of China	%	%	%
SASAC of Shandong Province (see full name hereafter)	%	%	%
Shandong Energy Group Co., Ltd.	%	%	%
Yankuang Energy Group Company Ltd.	52.66 %	%	52.66 %

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:

SASAC: State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of Shandong People's Government of the People's Republic of China, Shandong Province. SASAC is acting as governmental authority of the People's Republic of China in Shandong Province.

Date

27 Sep 2024