Biocartis Group NV

Major Shareholding Notification • Jun 4, 2015

Final 2) Issuer Name BIOCARTIS Identification number 0505-640-808 3) Reason for the notification Holding of voting securities upon first admission to trading 4) Notification by A parent undertaking or a controlling person 5) Persons subject to the notification requirement Name Address (for legal persons) (& legal form for legal persons) GRANTOKYO SOUTH TOWER, 1-9-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-6606, Japan Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. Hitachi, Ltd. 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 Address (for legal persons) (& legal form for legal persons) Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the Click persons referred to in points 5 and 6 27/04/2015 (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 39,144,013 Please enter the denominator before filling in the data
	FORM TR-1 BE PARTI
	1) Status of the notification
	7) Date on which the threshold is crossed
	8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)
	9) Denominator

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				0.00%
Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd		1,417,346		3.62%
subtotal		1,417,346		3.62%
TOTAL		1,417,346	$\mathbf{0}$	3.62%	0.00%

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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	$\sim$ % of voting rights
	TOTAL		(in relation to all expiration dates).	0	0.00%

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TOTAL (Voting rights & Equivalent financial instruments)		# of voting rights	% of voting rights
		CALCULATE	1,417,346	3.62%

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

$\overline{c}$

voting rights as of

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13) Additional information

	A) Convertible bonds and rights to subscribe to voting securities not yet issued
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
B) Shares without voting rights
Holder	Number
C) Remarks
	This transparency notification is made to the extent required in accordance with applicable law.
Done at	GRANTOKYO SOUTH TOWER, 1-9-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-6606, Japan
On	01/06/2015	(DD/MM/YYYY)
Name & capacity
	Toshiaki Nishi, General Manager for Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.		Signature
	Osamu Naito, Corporate Officer for Hitachi, Ltd.		Signature	serre