Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA / DE000SPG1003

Notification of Major Holdings

1. Details of issuer

Name:	Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA
Street:	Heidelberger Platz 3
Postal code:	14197
City:	Berlin Germany
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):	549300UMNC43HQB3JA96

2. Reason for notification

	Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights
	Acquisition/disposal of instruments
	Change of breakdown of voting rights
X	Other reason: first time admission of shares to trading on an organized market

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Legal entity: BC Partners Holdings Limited City of registered office, country: St. Peter Port, Guernsey

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

Springer Science+Business Media Galileo Participation S.à r.l. GvH Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft XXXIII mbH Participation S.à r.l.

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:

02 Oct 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	86.60 %	1.75 %	88.35 %	198888989
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)
	0	172238194	0.00 %	86.60 %
Total	172238194		86.60 %

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 %
Right of retransfer	06.11.2024		Both	3476190	1.75 %
			Total	3476190	1.75 %

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)
BC Partners Holdings Limited	%	%	%
BC Partners Group Holdings Limited	%	%	%
CIE Management IX Limited	%	%	%
BC Partners Galileo Holding L.P.	%	%	%
Springer Science + Business Media GP S.à r.l.	%	%	%
Springer Science + Business Media GP Aquisition SCA	%	%	%
Springer Science + Business Media Galileo Participation S.à r.l.	86.60 %	%	88.35 %
-	%	%	%
BC Partners Holdings Limited	%	%	%
BC Partners Group Holdings Limited	%	%	%
CIE Management IX Limited	%	%	%
BC Partners Galileo (1) L.P.	%	%	%
BC Partners Galileo Holding L.P.	%	%	%
Springer Science + Business Media GP S.à r.l.	%	%	%
Springer Science + Business Media GP Aquisition SCA	%	%	%
Springer Science + Business Media Galileo Participation S.à r.l.	86.60 %	%	88.35 %

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:

Voting rights from GvH Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft XXXIII mbH in Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA (100,700,053 voting rights, equal 50.63% of share capital) are attributed to Springer Science+Business Media Galileo Participation S.à r.l. because of acting in concert on the basis of a voting pooling agreement with regard to Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA pursuant to Sec. 34 para. 2 sent. 1 WpHG.

Date

08 Oct 2024