RATIONAL AG DGAP Voting Rights Announcement: RATIONAL AG RATIONAL AG: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution 2020-12-28 / 12:00 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. *Notification of Major Holdings* *1. Details of issuer* +------------------------------+-------------------------------+ |Name: |RATIONAL AG | +------------------------------+-------------------------------+ |Street: |Siegfried-Meister-Straße 1| +------------------------------+-------------------------------+ |Postal code: |86899 | +------------------------------+-------------------------------+ |City: |Landsberg am Lech | | |Germany | +------------------------------+-------------------------------+ |Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):|529900K139N6UFJ1A758 | +------------------------------+-------------------------------+ *2. Reason for notification* +-+------------------------------------------------------------+ |X|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: BlackRock, Inc. | |City of registered office, country: Wilmington, Delaware, | |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:* +-----------+ |18 Dec 2020| +-----------+ *6. Total positions* +-------------+-----------+-----------+----------+-------------+ | |% of voting|% of voting| Total of| Total number| | | rights| rights| both in %| of voting| | |attached to| through| (7.a. +| rights| | | shares|instruments| 7.b.)| pursuant to| | | (total of| (total of| | Sec. 41 WpHG| | | 7.a.)| 7.b.1 +| | | | | | 7.b.2)| | | +-------------+-----------+-----------+----------+-------------+ |New | 4.16 %| 2.20 %| 6.36 %| 11370000| +-------------+-----------+-----------+----------+-------------+ |Previous | 4.37 %| 1.98 %| 6.36 %| /| |notification | | | | | +-------------+-----------+-----------+----------+-------------+ *7. Details on total positions* *a. Voting rights attached to shares (Sec. 33, 34 WpHG)* +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ |ISIN | Absolute | In % | +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ | | Direct| Indirect| Direct| Indirect| | | (Sec. 33| (Sec. 34| (Sec. 33| (Sec. 34| | | WpHG)| WpHG)| WpHG)| WpHG)| +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ |DE0007010803| 0| 472844| 0 %| 4.16 %| +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ |*Total* | 472844 | 4.16 % | +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ *b.1. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 1 WpHG* +---------+---------------+------------+-----------+-----------+ |Type of |Expiration or |Exercise or | Voting| Voting| |instrumen|maturity date |conversion | rights|rights in %| |t | |period | absolute| | +---------+---------------+------------+-----------+-----------+ |Lent |N/A |N/A | 247717| 2.18 %| |Securitie| | | | | |s (right | | | | | |to | | | | | |recall) | | | | | +---------+---------------+------------+-----------+-----------+ | | |*Total* | 247717| 2.18 %| +---------+---------------+------------+-----------+-----------+ *b.2. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 2 WpHG* +----------+------------+----------+---------+--------+--------+ |Type of |Expiration |Exercise |Cash or | Voting| Voting| |instrument|or maturity |or |physical | rights| rights| | |date |conversion|settlemen|absolute| in %| | | |period |t | | | +----------+------------+----------+---------+--------+--------+ |Contract |N/A |N/A |Cash | 2295| 0.02 %| |for | | | | | | |Difference| | | | | | +----------+------------+----------+---------+--------+--------+ | | | |*Total* | 2295| 0.02 %| +----------+------------+----------+---------+--------+--------+ *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| % of voting| Total of both| | | rights (if| rights| (if at least 5%| | |at least 3%| through| or more)| | | or more)| instruments| | | | |(if at least| | | | | 5% or more)| | +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |BlackRock, Inc. | %| %| %| +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |Trident Merger LLC | %| %| %| +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |BlackRock Investment| %| %| %| |Management, LLC | | | | +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |- | %| %| %| +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |BlackRock, Inc. | %| %| %| +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |BlackRock Holdco 2, | %| %| %| |Inc. | | | | +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |BlackRock Financial | %| %| %| |Management, Inc. | | | | +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |- | %| %| %| +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |BlackRock, Inc. | %| %| %| +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |BlackRock Holdco 2, | %| %| %| |Inc. | | | | +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |BlackRock Financial | %| %| %| |Management, Inc. | | | | +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |BlackRock Capital | %| %| %| |Holdings, Inc. | | | | +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |BlackRock Advisors, | %| %| %| |LLC | | | | +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |- | %| %| %| +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |BlackRock, Inc. | %| %| %| +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |BlackRock Holdco 2, | %| %| %| |Inc. | | | | +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ |BlackRock Financial | %| %| %| |Management, Inc. | | | | +--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+
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