bpost SA/NV

Major Shareholding Notification • May 17, 2018

Openbaarmaking van transparantiekennisgeving

(artikel 14 van de wet van 2 mei 2007 met betrekking tot de openbaarmaking van belangrijke deelnemingen in beursgenoteerde vennootschappen)

bpost maakt een kennisgeving openbaar die zij heeft ontvangen van BlackRock, Inc (en verbonden vennootschappen) met toepassing van de wet van 2 mei 2007 met betrekking tot de openbaarmaking van belangrijke deelnemingen in beursgenoteerde vennootschappen.

1. Samenvatting van de kennisgevingen

In een kennisgeving gedateerd op 14 mei 2018, heeft BlackRock, Inc., mede namens de door haar gecontroleerde ondernemingen zoals in de kennisgeving uiteengezet, meegedeeld dat, ten gevolge van een transactie in bpost effecten gedateerd op 11 mei 2018, de deelneming van BlackRock, Inc. (evenals de door haar gecontroleerde ondernemingen) als volgt gewijzigd is:

• het aantal gehouden stemrechtverlenende effecten is gedaald beneden de drempel van 3%;
• het aantal gehouden gelijkgestelde financiële instrumenten is gestegen zonder de drempel van verplichte bekendmaking te overschrijden.

BlackRock, Inc. (evenals de door haar gecontroleerde ondernemingen) houdt nu een deelneming die 4,12% van de stemrechten in bpost vertegenwoordigt.

1. Overschreden drempel

Overschreden drempel: 3%

Artikel 13 van de statuten van bpost bepaalt het volgende inzake openbaarmaking van belangrijke deelnemingen: "In toepassing van Titel II van de Wet van 2 mei 2007 op de openbaarmaking van belangrijke deelnemingen in emittenten waarvan aandelen zijn toegelaten tot de verhandeling op een gereglementeerde markt en houdende diverse bepalingen en het koninklijk besluit van 14 februari 2008 op de openbaarmaking van belangrijke deelnemingen, worden de toepasselijke opeenvolgende drempelwaarden vastgesteld op 3%, 5% en ieder veelvoud van 5%."

1. Inhoud van de kennisgeving

De volledige tekst van deze kennisgeving van 14 mei 2018, is als bijlage bij dit persbericht gevoegd en is op de bpost website gepubliceerd via deze link http://corporate.bpost.be/investors/shareinformation/transparency-declarations.

Kennisgevingen van belangrijke deelnemingen, die dienen te worden gedaan conform de wet van 2 mei 2007 en de statuten van bpost, worden gestuurd naar investor.relations@bpost.be. Dergelijke kennisgevingen worden openbaar gemaakt via een persbericht en worden online gepubliceerd via http://corporate.bpost.be/investors/share-information/transparency-declarations.

4. Voor meer informatie

Baudouin de Hepcée (investeerders & journalisten): +32 (0)2 276 22 28 Saskia Dheedene (investeerders): +32 (0)2 276 76 43

• investor.relations@bpost.be (voor investeerders)
• pressrelations@bpost.be (voor journalisten)

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1) Status of the notification

	مستنبس

2) Issuer

Name BPOST Identification number 0214-596-464

3) Reason for the notification

Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights

4) Notification by

A parent undertaking or a controlling person

5) Persons subject to the notification requirement

Name	Address (for legal antities)
BlackRock, Inc.	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, LLS.A.
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE, 19809, U.S.A.
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	Max-Joseph-Straße 6, Munich, 80333, Germany
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	15/F, 16/F, 17/F Citibank Tower & 17/F ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
BlackRock Capital Management, Inc.	100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, 19809, U.S.A.
BlackRock Fund Advisors	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.
	BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited Level 37, Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ, 8540, U.S.A.

6) Persons that dispose of voting rights (only to be filled in If art. 7 of the Law applies)

	Name	Address (for legal entities)
	D Please continue entering the information in part if concerning the persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6	Part II
7) Date on which the threshold is crossed
		11/05/2018 (OD/MM/YYYY)
8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)
		If the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not entering any numbers in Section 10

9) Denominator

200,000,944

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		Unked to securities	Not linked to the securities		Not linked to the Linked to securities securities
BlackRock, Inc.	0	0		0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	12,289	14,356		0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	1,222	0		0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	623,877	368,294		0.18%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	1,648,601	2.675.477		1.34%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	19,748	$\circ$		0.00%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	215,234	210,696		0.11%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	9.882	580		0.00%
BlackRock Capital Management, Inc.	0	177		0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	156,823	$\circ$		0.00%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	596.777	810,872		0.41%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company. National Association	1,097,601	1,127,497		0.56%
BlackRock International Limited	5,101	$\bullet$		0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	7,877	306		0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	1,283,865	700,698		0.35%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	118,287	55,117
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	5,925	o		0.03%
Subtotal	6.003.109	5,964,070		0.00%
TOTAL				2.98%
		5,964,070	0	2.98%	0.00%

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B) Equivalent financial instruments	After the transaction $\mathbb{E}[\xi]^{(1-\alpha)\cdot\tau}=\exp\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\frac{\pi}{2}\epsilon\right)\exp\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cd$ The above the product of the control Tel: Magazine Corp. & Street The company of the Company company of ---
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 la exercised	% of voting rights	Settlement
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	Securities Lent			650.540	0.33%	physical	$\blacksquare$
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	Securities Lent			10,323	0.01%	physical	$\bullet\bullet$
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Securities Lent			4.000	0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent			1,210,932	0.61%	physical	$\qquad \qquad \blacksquare$
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	Securities Lent			12,500	0.01%	physical	$\sim$
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	Contract For Difference			17,029	0.01%	physical cash	$\equiv$
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	Contract For Difference			7,304	0.00%		$\blacksquare$
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Contract For Difference			25,187	0.01%	cash	w.
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Contract For Difference			3,130	0.00%	cash	$\qquad \qquad \blacksquare$
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC.	Contract For Difference			325,314	0.16%	cash	$\blacksquare$
	TOTAL			2,266,259	1.13%	cash	$+$

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TOTAL (A & B)			# of voting rights % of voting rights
	CALCULATE	8,230,329	4.12%

11) Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, it applicable

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

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Holder		will cease to hold / will hold again	(DO/MM/YYYY) voling rights as of
13) Additional information
	The disclosure obligation arose due voting rights attached to shares for BlackRock, Inc. going below 3%

Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, U.K.

14/05/2018 (DD/MM/YYYY)

Name & capacity Laurel Clark - Vice President

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11) FulPchalmoteontrolled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

BlackRock, Inc. Trident Merger, LLC BlackRock Investment Management, LLC BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited $\infty$ BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd. BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc. BlackRock Advisors, LLC BlackRock Capital Management, Inc.

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock HK Holdco Limited BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.

BlackRock Group Limited - We consider BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG

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BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Canada Holdings LP BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc. BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

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