BC Partners Holdings Limited, St. Peter Port, Guernsey

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: Termination of voting pooling agreement (acting in concert)

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.

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:

04 Oct 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	32.11 %	0.27 %	32.38 %	198888989
Previous notification	86.60 %	1.75 %	88.35 %	/

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)
DE000SPG1003	0	63864681	0.00 %	32.11 %
Total Fina Elf	63864681		32.11 %

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 Fina Elf	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 %
Total Fina Elf return swap	n/a	n/a	Physical	527062	0.27 %
			Total Fina Elf	527062	0.27 %

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 Fina Elf 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 Aquisition SCA	%	%	%
Springer Science + Business Media Galileo Participation S.à r.l.	32.11 %	%	32.11 %
-	%	%	%
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 Aquisition SCA	%	%	%
Springer Science + Business Media Galileo Participation S.à r.l.	32.11 %	%	32.11 %

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 Fina Elf positions after general meeting (6.) after annual general meeting:

Proportion of voting rights	Proportion of instruments	Total Fina Elf of both
%	%	%

10. Other explanatory remarks:

The voting pooling agreement between GvH Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft XXXIII mbH and Springer Science+Business Media Galileo Participation S.à r.l. with regard to Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA which constituted an acting in concert pursuant to Sec. 34 para. 2 sent. 1 WpHG has been terminated.

Date

08 Oct 2026