Koenig & Bauer AG: Release of holders of qualifying holdings according to article 43 section 2 WpHG

Würzburg (pta013/30.10.2019/09:57 UTC+1) - Release of Release according to § 43 WpHG

Notification of Major Holdings

On 28 October 2019, Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Frankfurt am Main/Germany has informed us of the following pursuant to Section 43 (1) of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG):
1. Goals of the purchase (Section 43 (1) sentence 3 WpHG)
a) The purchase was carried out for the account of special investment funds administrated by us and should make a positive contribution to performance.
b) After reaching the reporting threshold on 18 October 2019, the holdings were increased. For the account of our special investment funds, we currently hold a total of 1,685,666 shares; further purchases are not currently planned.
c) We do not seek to influence the composition of the Supervisory Board and Management Board of Koenig & Bauer AG, Würzburg.
d) No significant changes are sought to the current policies of the Supervisory Board and Management Board of Koenig & Bauer AG, Würzburg with regard to capital structure, the ratio of equity and debt financing plus the dividends.
2. Origin of the funds (Section 43 (1) sentence 4 WpHG)
The voting rights were purchased for the account of the special investment funds administrated by us through the exclusive use of debt financing.

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