VARTA WKN: A0TGJ5 ISIN: DE000A0TGJ55 Kürzel: VAR1 Forum: Aktien Thema: Hauptdiskussion

VARTA AG VARTA AG: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution 14.02.2023 / 07:53 CET/CEST Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement transmitted by EQS News - 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: VARTA AG Street: VARTA-Platz 1 Postal code: 73479 City: Ellwangen Germany Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 529900E7KB95KOXBWP63 2. Reason for notification Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights X Acquisition/disposal of instruments Change of breakdown of voting rights Other reason: 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation Legal entity: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 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: 09 Feb 2023 6. Total positions % of voting rights attached to shares (total of 7.a.) % of voting rights through instruments (total of 7.b.1 + 7.b.2) Total of both in % (7.a. + 7.b.) Total number of voting rights pursuant to Sec. 41 WpHG New 0.13 % 4.98 % 5.11 % 40421686 Previous notification 0.01 % 5.06 % 5.07 % /