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Telenet Group Holding NV

Major Shareholding Notification Jun 5, 2019

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Major Shareholding Notification

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PRESS RELEASE

The enclosed information constitutes regulated information as defined in the Royal Decree of 14 November 2007 regarding the duties of issuers of financial instruments admitted to trading on a regulated market.

Disclosure of a transparency notification

Brussels, 5 June 2019 – Telenet Group Holding NV ("Telenet" or the "Company") (Euronext Brussels: TNET) hereby discloses, in accordance with article 14, first paragraph of the Law of 2 May 2007, that, on 3 June 2019 and on 5 June 2019, it received two transparency notification dated 30 May 2019 and 3 June 2019 respectively from BlackRock, Inc., BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V., BlackRock (Singapore) Limited, BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited, BlackRock Advisors, LLC, BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited, BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG, BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., BlackRock Fund Advisors, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association, BlackRock International Limited, BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd., in accordance with articles 6 and 18 of the Law of 2 May 2007.

  • (1) In its notification dated 30 May 2019, received on 3 June 2019, BlackRock, Inc. reports that its total shareholding as well as voting rights attached to shares in Telenet (aggregated with its controlled undertakings listed above) has dropped below the 3% threshold on 29 May 2019.
  • (2) In its notification dated 3 June 2019, received on 5 June 2019, BlackRock, Inc. reports that its total shareholding Telenet (aggregated with its controlled undertakings listed above) has exceeded the 3% threshold on 30 May 2019.

1. TRANSPARENCY NOTIFICATION RECEIVED ON 3 JUNE 2019, DATED 30 MAY 2019, THRESHOLD CROSSING ON 29 MAY 2019

The transparency notification received on 3 June 2019 contains the following information:

  • Reason for the notification Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights Downward crossing of the lowest threshold
  • Notification by A parent company or a controlling person
Persons subject to the notification requirement
BlackRock, Inc. 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY,
10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. Rembrandt
Tower,
17th
floor,
Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited 20 Anson Road #18-01, Singapore,
79912, Singapore
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 161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto,
Limited Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada
BlackRock
Asset
Management
Lenbachplatz 1, 1st
floor, Munich,
Deutschland AG 80333-MN3, Germany

  • Date on which the threshold is crossed 29 May 2019
  • Threshold that is crossed 3%
  • Denominator 115,835,283

Notified details

A)
Voting rights
Previous notification After the transaction
# 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
BlackRock, Inc. 0 0 0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands)
B.V.
8,524 8,524 0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore)
Limited
1,907 1,907 0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK)
Limited
848,507 801,942 0.69%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 30,111 25,378 0.02%
BlackRock Asset
Management Canada
Limited
30,877 30,877 0.03%
BlackRock Asset
Management Deutschland
AG
100,871 115,385 0.10%
BlackRock Asset
Management North Asia
Limited
360 725 0.00%
BlackRock Financial
Management, Inc.
1,911 1,582 0.00%
BlackRock Fund Advisors 638,248 602,084 0.52%
BlackRock Institutional Trust
Company, National
Association
770,655 778,049 0.67%
BlackRock International
Limited
945 945 0.00%
BlackRock Investment
Management (Australia)
Limited
12,909 11,369 0.01%
BlackRock Investment
Management (UK) Limited
843,815 875,239 0.76%
BlackRock Investment
Management, LLC
63,535 62,463 0.05%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. 180,706 37,005 0.03%
Subtotal 3,533,881 3,353,474 2.90%
TOTAL 3,353,474 0 2.90% 0.00%
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
Settlement
BlackRock Advisors (UK)
Limited
Securities Lent 37,284 0.03% Physical
BlackRock Investment
Management (UK) Limited
Securities Lent 13,292 0.01% Physical
BlackRock Advisors (UK)
Limited
Contract for
Difference
970 0.00% Cash
BlackRock Advisors, LLC Contract for
Difference
2,893 0.00% Cash
BlackRock Institutional Trust
Company, National
Association
Contract for
Difference
9,065 0.01% Cash
BlackRock Investment
Management (UK) Limited
Contract for
Difference
3,940 0.00% Cash
BlackRock Investment
Management, LLC
Contract for
Difference
38,837 0.03% Cash
TOTAL 106,281 0.09%
TOTAL (A & B) # of voting rights % of
voting
rights
3,459,755 2.99%

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held

Name

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 Lux Finco S.a.r.l. BlackRock Japan Holdings GK BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

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 Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

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 International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock International 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, 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 Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG

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 Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe 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 (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

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 Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

Additional information

The disclosure obligation arose due to total holdings and voting rights attached to shares in Telenet for BlackRock, Inc. going below 3%.

2. TRANSPARENCY NOTIFICATION RECEIVED ON 5 JUNE 2019, DATED 3 JUNE 2019, THRESHOLD CROSSING ON 30 MAY 2019

The transparency notification received on 5 June 2019 contains the following information:

  • Reason for the notification Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
  • Notification by A parent company or a controlling person

Persons subject to the notification requirement BlackRock, Inc. 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.

BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG BlackRock Asset Management North

Asia Limited

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association

BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited BlackRock Investment Management, LLC BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. 1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust

BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands BlackRock (Singapore) Limited 20 Anson Road #18-01, Singapore, 79912, Singapore BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. BlackRock Advisors, LLC 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE, 19809, U.S.A. 161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada Lenbachplatz 1, 1st floor, Munich, 80333-MN3, Germany 15/F, 16/F, 17/F Citibank Tower & 17/F ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A. BlackRock Fund Advisors 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A. 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A. BlackRock International Limited Exchange Place One, 1 Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, U.K. Level 26, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ, 8540, U.S.A.

Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-8217, Japan

Date on which the threshold is crossed 30 May 2019

  • Threshold that is crossed 3%
  • Denominator 115,835,283
  • Notified details
A) Voting rights Previous notification After the transaction
# 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
BlackRock, Inc. 0 0 0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands)
B.V.
8,524 8,524 0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore)
Limited
1,907 1,907 0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK)
Limited
801,942 782,064 0.68%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 25,378 25,378 0.02%
BlackRock Asset
Management Canada
Limited
30,877 30,877 0.03%
BlackRock Asset
Management Deutschland
AG
115,385 153,957 0.13%
BlackRock Asset
Management North Asia
Limited
725 659 0.00%
BlackRock Financial
Management, Inc.
BlackRock Fund Advisors
1,582 1,582 0.00%
602,084 601,654 0.52%
BlackRock Institutional Trust
Company, National
Association
778,049 778,472 0.67%
BlackRock International
Limited
945 945 0.00%
BlackRock Investment
Management (Australia)
Limited
11,369 11,369 0.01%
BlackRock Investment
Management (UK) Limited
875,239 936,857 0.81%
BlackRock Investment
Management, LLC
62,463 62,637 0.05%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. 37,005 36,996 0.03%
Subtotal 3,353,474 3,433,878 2.96%
TOTAL 3,433,878 0 2.96% 0.00%
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
Settlement
BlackRock Advisors (UK)
Limited
Securities Lent 37,284 0.03% Physical
BlackRock Investment
Management (UK) Limited
Securities Lent 13,292 0.01% Physical
BlackRock Advisors (UK)
Limited
Contract for
Difference
970 0.00% Cash
BlackRock Advisors, LLC Contract for
Difference
2,893 0.00% Cash
BlackRock Institutional Trust
Company, National
Association
Contract for
Difference
9,277 0.01% Cash
BlackRock Investment
Management (UK) Limited
Contract for
Difference
4,438 0.00% Cash
BlackRock Investment
Management, LLC
Contract for
Difference
38,837 0.03% Cash
TOTAL 106,991 0.09%
% of
TOTAL (A & B) # of voting rights voting
rights
3,540,869 3.06%

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held

Name

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 Lux Finco S.a.r.l. BlackRock Japan Holdings GK BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

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 Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

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 International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.

BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock International 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, 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 Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG

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 Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe 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 (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

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 Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

Additional information

The disclosure obligation arose due to total holdings for BlackRock, Inc. going above 3%.

The full text of these notifications is also available on our investor website: http://investors.telenet.be.

Contacts
Investor Relations: Rob Goyens [email protected] +32 15 333 054
Bart Boone [email protected] +32 15 333 699
Dennis Dendas [email protected] +32 15 332 142
Press & Media: Stefan Coenjaerts [email protected] +32 15 335 006
Legal: Bart van Sprundel [email protected] +32 15 333 495

About Telenet – As a provider of entertainment and telecommunication services in Belgium, Telenet Group is always looking for the perfect experience in the digital world for its customers. Under the brand name Telenet, the company focuses on offering digital television, high-speed Internet and fixed and mobile telephony services to residential customers in Flanders and Brussels. Under the brand name BASE, it supplies mobile telephony in Belgium. The Telenet Business department serves the business market in Belgium and Luxembourg with connectivity, hosting and security solutions. More than 3,000 employees have one aim in mind: making living and working easier and more pleasant. Telenet Group is part of Telenet Group Holding NV and is quoted on Euronext Brussel under ticker symbol TNET. For more information, visit www.telenet.be. Liberty Global - the world's largest international TV and broadband company, investing, innovating and empowering people in more than 10 countries across Europe to make the most of the digital revolution – owns a direct stake of 57.3% in Telenet Group Holding SA/NV (excluding any treasury shares held by the latter from time to time).

Additional Information – Additional information on Telenet and its products can be obtained from the Company's website http://www.telenet.be. Further information regarding the operating and financial data presented herein can be downloaded from the investor relations pages of this website. The Company's Consolidated Annual Report 2018 as well as unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and presentations related to the financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2019 have been made available on the investor relations pages of the Company's website (http://investors.telenet.be).

This document has been released on 5 June 2019 at 6:00 pm CET

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