Biocartis Group NV

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 12, 2018

FORM TR-1 BE
PART I
1) Status of the notification
	Final
2) Issuer
	Name BIOCARTIS
Identification number 0505-640-808
3) Reason for the notification
	Passive crossing of a threshold
	Downward crossing of the lowest threshold
4) Notification by
	A parent undertaking or a controlling person
5) Persons subject to the notification requirement
	Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (for legal persons)
	Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.	GRANTOKYO SOUTH TOWER, 1-9-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-6606,
	Hitachi, Ltd.	Japan 6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8280 Japan
	6) Persons that dispose of, voting rights (Only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies) Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (for legal persons)
	Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the	Click persons referred to in points 5 and 6
	28/11/2017	(DD/MM/YYYY)
	3
		If the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not entering any numbers under point 10
	51,069,772
7) Date on which the threshold is crossed 8) Threshold that is crossed (in %) 9) Denominator
	Please enter the denominator before filling in the data

10) Notified details

A) Voting rights	Previous notification	After the transaction
	# of voting rights		# of voting rights	% of voting rights
Holders of voting rights		Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities	Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities
Hitachi, Ltd	o			0.00%
Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd	1,417,346	1,417,346		2.78%
subtotal	1,417,346	1,417,346		2.78%
TOTAL		1,417,346		2.78%

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B) Equivalent financial instruments	After the transaction
Holders of equivalent financial instruments	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise period or date	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised	% of voting rights
TOTAL		(in relation to all expiration dates)

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TOTAL (Voting rights & Equivalent financial instruments)		# of voting rights	% of voting rights
	CALCULATE	1,417,346	2.78%

11) Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

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51.2% shares of Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. is directly held by Hitachi, Ltd., which is a parent company of Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. Hitachi, Ltd.
is not a controlled entity.

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

Holder

will cease to hold / will hold again

voting rights as of

$\mathfrak{o}$

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B

13) Additional information

Holder	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date (DD/MM/YYYY)	Exercise/Conversion period or date	Number	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted
					۰
B) Shares without voting rights
Holder	Number
					۰
C) Remarks
	This transparency notification is made to the extent required in accordance with applicable law.
	GRANTOKYO SOUTH TOWER, 1-9-2, Marunouchi,
Done at	Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-6606, Japan
On	11/01/2018	(DD/MM/YYYY)
Name & capacity
	Akihiko Takamatsu, General Manager for Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.		Signature		严 田河

FORM TR-1 BE PART II

Persons subject to the notification requirement

Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (registered office for legal persons)	Phone number	E-mail	Contact person for legal persons
Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.	GRANTOKYO SOUTH TOWER, 1-9-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda- Iku, Tokyo, 100-6606, Japan	81-3-5533-7250	a-takamatsu@hitachi- Ichem.co.ip	Akihiko Takamatsu
Hitachi, Ltd.	6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8280 Japan 81 3-4564-2706		kunihiro.wakabayashi.yh@ Kunihiro Wakabayashi I hitachi.com

Mandatary

Name (& legal form for legal persons)	_____ Address (registered office for legal persons)	Phone number	E-mail	Contact person for legal persons

Invoicing data

Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (registered office for legal persons)	Phone number	E-mail	Contact person for legal persons
Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.	GRANTOKYO SOUTH TOWER, 1-9-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda- 81-3-5533-7118 Iku, Tokyo, 100-6606, Japan		sho-fujii@hitachi- Ichem co.jp	Shohei Fujii

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