Crescent NV

Major Shareholding Notification • Apr 6, 2021

REGULATED INFORMATION Disclosure of a transparency notification (Article 14(1) of the Law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings)

Leuven, Belgium - 6 April 2021 - 6 p.m. - Crescent NV (EURONEXT: OPTI) - received a transparency notification from VAN ZELE HOLDING NV and Mr Eric VAN ZELE on 6 April 2021, demonstrating that the ownership threshold of 35% has been passively undercut. In addition, CRESCENT NV received a transparency notification from CRESCENT SMART LIGHTING BV, demonstrating that the 3% shareholding threshold has been undercut. The relevant information of this transparency notification is as follows:

TRANSPARENCY NOTIFICATION: VAN ZELE HOLDING NV & Mr ERIC VAN ZELE

Reason for notification:

Passive threshold undercutting.

Notification by:

A parent company or a controlling person.

Person subject to notification:

Eric VAN ZELE VAN ZELE HOLDING NV, 1880 KAPELLE-OP-DEN-BOS, Ipsvoordestraat 61

Date of threshold crossing:

18/03/2021

Threshold exceeded:

As a result, the threshold of 35% was undercut.

Denominator: total number of shares:

1,646,439,345

Detail of the notification:

A) Voting rights	Prior notification	After the transaction
	# voting rights	# voting rights		% voting rights
Holders of voting rights		Related to securities	Not related to securities	Related to securities	Not related to securities
Eric VAN ZELE	88,170,895	79,858,495	0	4.85 %	0.00 %
VAN ZELE HOLDING NV	425,183,128	452,562,034	0	27.55 %	0.00 %
Subtotal	513,354,023	533,420,529		32.40%
	TOTAL	533,420,529	0	32.40%	0.00 %

Chain of controlled companies through which the shareholding is effectively held: Eric VAN ZELE controls VAN ZELE HOLDING NV which in turn controls CRESCENT NV.

Additional information:

Capital increase dated 18 March 2021.

TRANSPARENCY NOTIFICATION: CRESCENT SMART LIGHTING BV

Reason for notification:

Acquisition or transfer of voting securities or voting rights.

Notification by:

A parent company or a controlling person.

Person subject to notification:

Eric VAN ZELE VAN ZELE HOLDING NV, 1880 KAPELLE-OP-DEN-BOS, Ipsvoordestraat 61 CRESCENT SMART LIGHTING BV, NL - 3824MB AMERSFOORT, Ariane 2

Date of threshold crossing:

29/07/2019

Threshold exceeded:

As a result, the threshold of 3% was undercut.

Denominator: total number of shares:

1,368,839,925

Detail of notification:

A) Voting rights	Prior notification	After the transaction
	# voting rights	# voting rights		% voting rights
Holders of voting rights		Related to securities	Not related to securities	Related to securities	Not related to securities
Eric VAN ZELE	33,925,170	88,170,895	0	6.44%	0.00%
VAN ZELE HOLDING NV	425,183,128	425,183,128	0	31.06%	0.00%
CRESCENT SMART LIGHTING BV	54,245,725	0	0	0%	0,00%
Subtotal	513,354,023	513,354,023		37.50%
	TOTAL	513,354,023	0	37.50%	0.00%

Chain of controlled companies through which the shareholding is effectively held:

Eric VAN ZELE controls VAN ZELE HOLDING NV which in turn controlled CRESCENT SMART LIGHTING BV until 29/07/2019.

More details are available on the website of CRESCENT:

https://www.option.com/about-investor/ & https://www.crescent-ventures.com/. In accordance with the Articles of Association, the threshold above which a shareholding must be disclosed was set at 3%.

CONTACT

Edwin Bex Gaston Geenslaan 14 B-3001 Leuven, Belgium TEL: +32 (0) 16 31 74 11 E-mail: investor@option.com www.opticrescent.com