Flattening documents with annotations

I'm trying to flattening a PDF document with annotations using the transformPDF service method (OutputService). Unfortunately all annotations are lost after flattening the PDF document.
The reason why we want to achieve this is that we want to ensure PDF version 1.5 compatibility. However, generating documents and importing annotations with LCES Output AssemblerService produces PDF documents with version 1.6 or higher although all source documents are compatible with PDF version 1.5...
I'm thankful for any hint...
Nico

You may also want to have a look at the online quick starts at:
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