(41) Notifiable shareholdings

under § 160 (1) no. 8 AktG in conjunction with § 33 (1) and (2) WpHG

We received no notices of shareholdings in our Company in accordance with § 33 of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz, “WpHG”) in financial year 2024/2025. Consequently, the following shareholdings in the Company existed as at the reporting date for the 2024/2025 financial year, of which our Company was notified most recently in financial year 2021/2022 or previously pursuant to § 33 (1) WpHG/§ 21 (1) WpHG (old version), and which we published with the following content pursuant to § 40 (1) WpHG/§ 26 (1) WpHG (old version):

Mr Ralph Dommermuth notified us on 3 March 2022 that his voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounted to 5.03% (5,550,000 voting rights) on 2 March 2022 and that all of these voting rights were attributable to him (Mr Ralph Dommermuth) pursuant to § 34 WpHG via Ralph Dommermuth Beteiligungen GmbH, and furthermore that the chain of subsidiaries is as follows, beginning with the ultimate controlling person or entity:

Ralph Dommermuth
Ralph Dommermuth Verwaltungs GmbH
Ralph Dommermuth GmbH & Co. KG Beteiligungsgesellschaft
Ralph Dommermuth Beteiligungen GmbH with a voting interest of 5.03%

PUMA SE, Herzogenaurach, Germany, notified us on 11 October 2021, that its voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounted to 5.32% (5,876,495 voting rights) on 8 October 2021 and that all of their voting rights were held directly by PUMA SE in accordance with § 33 WpHG.

RAG-Stiftung, Essen, Germany, notified us on 19 February 2020 that its voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounted to 9.83% (9,046,509 voting rights) on 14 February 2020 and that all of these voting rights were attributable to RAG-Stiftung pursuant to § 34 WpHG via Evonik Industries AG, and furthermore that the chain of subsidiaries is as follows, beginning with the ultimate controlling person or entity:

RAG-Stiftung
Evonik Industries AG with a voting interest of 9.83%

SIGNAL IDUNA Allgemeine Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft, Dortmund, Germany, notified us on 17 September 2014 that its voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounted to 5.43% (5,000,000 voting rights) on 15 September 2014, and furthermore that of the 5.43% (5,000,000 voting rights) directly held by it, 5.43% (5,000,000 voting rights) was also attributable to it pursuant to § 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG (old version).

HANSAINVEST Hanseatische Investment-GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, notified us on 17 September 2014 that its voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounted to 5.43% (5,000,000 voting rights) on 15 September 2014, that 5.43% (5,000,000 voting rights) was attributable to it pursuant to § 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG (old version) and that voting rights were attributable to it via the following shareholder whose voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounted to 3% or more:

SIGNAL IDUNA Allgemeine Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft.

SIGNAL IDUNA Holding Aktiengesellschaft, Dortmund, Germany, notified us on 17 September 2014 that its voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounted to 5.43% (5,000,000 voting rights) on 15 September 2014, of which 5.43% (5,000,000 voting rights) was attributable to it pursuant to § 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 1 and also pursuant to § 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG (old version), that the voting rights attributable pursuant to § 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG (old version) were held via the following entity controlled by it, whose voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounted to 3% or more:

SIGNAL IDUNA Allgemeine Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft,

and that voting rights were attributed pursuant to § 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG (old version) via the following shareholder whose voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounted to 3% or more:

SIGNAL IDUNA Allgemeine Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft.

IDUNA Vereinigte Lebensversicherung aG für Handwerk, Handel und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany, notified us on 17 September 2014 that its voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounted to 5.43% (5,000,000 voting rights) on 15 September 2014, of which 5.43% (5,000,000 voting rights) was attributable to it pursuant to § 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 1 and also pursuant to § 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 in conjunction with sentence 2 WpHG (old version), that the voting rights attributable pursuant to § 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG (old version) were held via the following entities controlled by it, whose voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA each amounted to 3% or more:

SIGNAL IDUNA Holding Aktiengesellschaft,
SIGNAL IDUNA Allgemeine Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft,

SIGNAL IDUNA Allgemeine Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft.

Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, notified us on 18 September 2014 that its voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounted to 12.77% (11,749,909 voting rights) on 10 September 2014, that 4.83% thereof (4,448,000 voting rights) was directly held by Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, that the other 7.94% (7,301,909 voting rights) was attributable to it pursuant to § 22 (2) WpHG (old version), and that voting rights were attributable to Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund via the following shareholder whose voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien amounted to 3% or more:

Bernd Geske, Germany.

Mr Bernd Geske, Germany, notified our Company on 18 September 2014 that his voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounted to 12.77% (11,749,909 voting rights) on 10 September 2014, that he directly held 7.94% of those voting rights (7,301,909 voting rights), that the other 4.83% (4,448,000 voting rights) was attributable to him pursuant to § 22 (2) WpHG (old version), and that voting rights were attributable to him (Mr Bernd Geske) via the following limited liability shareholder whose voting interest in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien amounted to 3% or more:

Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.

There may have been changes in the above disclosures on shareholdings in percent/voting rights after the dates given that were not reportable to our Company. The Company generally only becomes aware of changes in this respect if they are subject to a reporting requirement.