Shareholdings subject to notification pursuant to Section 160 (1) (8) AktG

Mr. Oliver Jaster, Germany, notified us on 17 November 2015 pursuant to Section 21 (1) WpHG that his share of the voting rights in our Company exceeded the threshold of 30% on 17 November 2015 and now amounts to 30.0001%. This corresponds to 8,038,356 voting rights. A share of 30.0001% of the voting rights (corresponding to 8,038,356 voting rights) is attributable to Mr. Jaster under Section 22 (1) (1) (1) WpHG through Orpheus Capital II GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg in Germany, Orpheus Capital II Management GmbH, Hamburg in Germany, Günther Holding GmbH, Hamburg in Germany and Günther GmbH, Bamberg in Germany.

The company Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, notified us on 18 September 2017 that its share of the voting rights changed from 5.004% to 4.96% on 7 September 2017 as a result of the change in the total number of voting rights. A share of 4.96% of the voting rights (corresponding to 1,460,344 voting rights) is attributable to the company under Section 22 (1) (1) (6) WpHG.

MAX Automation released a statement on 19 January 2018, pursuant to Section 33 WpHG that it had received notification on 18 January 2018, that LBBW Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft mbH, Stuttgart, Germany, had reduced its share of the voting rights from 5.25% to 4.99% on 12 January 2018 through the sale of voting rights through a separate managed fund of Baden-Württembergische Versorgungsanstalt für Ärzte, Zahnärzte und Tierärzte and now holds 1,470,724 of the total number of voting rights of 29,459,415.

MAX Automation released a statement on 22 January 2018, pursuant to Section 33 WpHG that it had received notification on 22 January 2018, that Baden-Württembergische Versorgungsanstalt für Ärzte, Zahnärzte und Tierärzte, Tübingen, Germany, had reduced its share of voting rights from 8.94% to 4.99% on 12 January 2018, through the sale of shares with voting rights and now holds 1,470,724 voting rights out of the total of 29,459,415 voting rights.

MAX Automation released a statement on 27 February 2018, pursuant to Section 33 WpHG that it had received notification on 27 February 2018 that Mr. Werner O. Weber had increased his share of the voting rights to 5.53% on 20 December 2017, through the acquisition of shares with voting rights and now holds 1,630,000 of the total number of 29,459,415 voting rights.

MAX Automation released a statement on 29 October 2018, pursuant to Section 33 WpHG that it had received notification on 26 October 2018, that LOYS Investment S.A., Munsbach, Luxembourg, had increased its share of the voting rights from 3.145% to 5.058% on 25 October 2018, through the acquisition of shares with voting rights and now holds 1,489,945 voting rights out of a total of 29,459,415 voting rights.

MAX Automation released a statement on 22 March 2019, pursuant to Section 33 WpHG that it had received notification on 21 March 2019, that Axxion S.A., Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, had increased its share of voting rights from 4.80% to 5.10% on 19 March 2019 through the acquisition of shares with voting rights and now holds 1,503,354 voting rights out of the total of 29,459,415 voting rights.

MAX Automation released a statement on 25 October 2019, pursuant to Section 33 WpHG that it had received notification on 24 October 2019, that Universal-Investment-GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, had increased its share of voting rights from 2.81% to 3.01% on 18 October 2019 through the acquisition of shares with voting rights and now holds 886,582 voting rights out of the total of 29,459,415 voting rights.

MAX Automation released a statement on 25 October 2019, pursuant to Section 33 WpHG that it had received notification on 24 October 2019, that Universal-Investment-GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, had reduced its share of voting rights from 3.01% to 2.9997% on 21 October 2019, through the sale of shares with voting rights and now holds 883,681 voting rights out of the total of 29,459,415 voting rights. (Correction of the previous notification regarding the reaching of the threshold on 18 October 2019)

MAX Automation released a statement on 31 October 2019, pursuant to Section 33 WpHG that it had received notification on 31 October 2019, that Universal-Investment-GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, had increased its share of voting rights from 2.9997% to 3.28% on 25 October 2019, through the acquisition of shares with voting rights and now holds 966,550 voting rights out of the total of 29,459,415 voting rights.