Bank of America Corporation, Wilmington, DE, United States of America (USA)

Notification of Major Holdings

1. Details of issuer

Name :	K-Plus S Group Aktiengesellschaft
Street:	Bertha-von-Suttner-Str. 7
Postal code:	34131
City:	Kassel Germany
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):	529900YURAYD4IJX2J91

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 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:

28 Aug 2026

6. Total Fina Elf positions

	% of voting rights attached to shares ( Total Fina Elf of 7.a.)	% of voting rights through instruments ( Total Fina Elf of 7.b.1 + 7.b.2)	Total Fina Elf of both in % (7.a. + 7.b.)	Total Fina Elf number of voting rights pursuant to Sec. 41 WpHG
New	2.09 %	4.03 %	6.13 %	179100000
Previous notification	1.99 %	4.00 %	5.99 %	/

7. Details on Total Fina Elf 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)
DE000KSAG888	0	3748348	0.00 %	2.09 %
US48265W1080	0	1489	0.00 %	0 %
Total Fina Elf	3749837		2.09 %

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	1016307	0.57 %
Physical Call Options	18/09/2026 - 18/12/2026	n/a	600000	0.34 %
Rights of Use - US48265W1080	n/a	n/a	2393	0 %
Rights of Use - DE000KSAG888	n/a	n/a	384772	0.21 %
		Total Fina Elf	2003472	1.12 %

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	17/09/2026 - 18/01/2029	n/a	Cash	5220424	2.91 %
			Total Fina Elf	5220424	2.91 %

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:

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Name	% of voting rights (if at least 3% or more)	% of voting rights through instruments (if at least 5% or more)	Total Fina Elf of both (if at least 5% or more)
Bank of America	%	%	%
NB Holdings Corporation	%	%	%
BofAML Jersey Holdings Limited	%	%	%
BofAML EMEA Holdings 2 Limited	%	%	%
Merrill Lynch International	%	%	5.03 %
-	%	%	%
Bank of America	%	%	%
NB Holdings Corporation	%	%	%
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