Publication relative aux notifications de transparence

(Article 14 de la loi du 2 mai 2007 relative à la publication des participations importantes dans les sociétés côtées)

bpost publie 2 notifications reçues de BlackRock, Inc. (et sociétés liées) en vertu de la loi belge du 2 mai 2007 relative à la publication des participations importantes dans les sociétés côtées.

1. Résumé des notifications

Dans une première notification datée du 7 août 2017, BlackRock, Inc., agissant également au nom des entreprises contrôlées par elle tel qu'exposé dans la notification, a notifié que, suite à une acquisition de titres conférant le droit de vote ou de droits de vote, sa participation a augmenté et elle a franchi vers le haut le seuil de 3 % des droits de vote de bpost SA de droit public (« bpost ») le 4 août 2017. En date du 4 août 2017, BlackRock, Inc., en tenant compte des entreprises contrôlées par elle, détenait une participation représentant 3,01% des droit de vote dans bpost.
Dans une deuxième notification datée du 8 août 2017, BlackRock, Inc., agissant également au nom des entreprises contrôlées par elle tel qu'exposé dans la notification, a notifié que, suite à une acquisition de titres conférant le droit de vote ou de droits de vote, sa participation dans bpost a augmenté le 7 août 2017. A cette date, BlackRock, Inc., en tenant compte des entreprises contrôlées par elle, détenait une participation représentant 3,13% des droits de vote dans bpost.

2. Seuil franchi

Seuil franchi : 3%

L'article 13 des statuts de bpost prévoit ce qui suit sur la déclaration des participations importantes : "En ce qui concerne l'application du Titre II de la Loi du 2 mai 2007 relative à la publicité des participations importantes dans des émetteurs dont les actions sont admises à la négociation sur un marché réglementé et portant des dispositions diverses et l'arrêté royal du 14 février 2008 relatif à la publicité des participations importantes, les seuils de détention successifs applicables sont fixés à 3 %, 5 % et tout multiple de 5 %."

3. Contenu des notifications

Le texte complet des notifications, respectivement datées du 7 et du 8 août 2017, est annexé au présent communiqué de presse et a en outre été publié sur le site web de bpost via le lien http://corporate.bpost.be/investors/share-information/transparency-declarations.

Les notifications de participations importantes qui doivent être faites en vertu de la loi du 2 mai 2007 et des statuts de bpost doivent être envoyées à [email protected]. Ces notifications sont publiées via un communiqué de presse et sont disponibles via le lien http://corporate.bpost.be/investors/share-information/transparency-declarations.

Pour de plus amples informations

Baudouin de Hepcée (investisseurs et journalistes): +32 (0)2 276 22 28

[email protected] (pour les investisseurs)
[email protected] (pour les journalistes)

2) Issuer

1) Status of the notification

Final

	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 entities)
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 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 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.
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock International Limited	Exchange Place One, 1 Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, U.K.
	BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited Level 37, Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	12 Throamorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ, 8540, U.S.A.
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-8217, Japan

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

Name Address (for legal entities) Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the
persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6 Part II

04/08/2017 (DD/MM/YYYY)

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7) Date on which the threshold is crossed

8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)

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9) Denominator

200,000,944

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10) Notified details

A) Voting rights	Provious 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
BlackRock, Inc.		$^{\circ}$		0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.		12.289		0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited		1.024		0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited		672,066		0.34%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC		1,599,705		0.80%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited		19,748		0.01%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG		214,742		0.11%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited		12,079		0.01%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.		152,623		0.08%
BlackRock Fund Advisors		596,777		0.30%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association		1,096,813		0.55%
BlackRock International Limited		5.101		0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited		7,877		0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited		1,262,414		0.63%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC		115,247		0.06%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.		5,911		0.00%
Subtotal		5,774,416		2.89%
TOTAL		5,774,416	o	2.89%	0.00%

Conservation Start with "groups" of holders. Add subtotals with $\Sigma$ , and then finish with the persons who are "alone".
For groups, start with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity.
The totals, subtota

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			63,083	0.03%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent			8,838	0.00%	physical
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	Contract For Difference			20,128	0.01%	cash	۰
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	Contract For Difference			2,781	0.00%	cash	$\sim$
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Contract For Difference			37,847	0.02%	cash	$\overline{a}$
BlackRock International Limited	Contract For Difference			542	0.00%	cash	$\sim$
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Contract For Difference			17,404	0.01%	cash	$\sim$
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC.	Contract For Difference			99,948	0.05%	cash	$+1$
	TOTAL			250,571	0.13%

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TOTAL $(A \& B)$			# of voting rights % of voting rights
	CALCULATE	6,024,987	3.01%

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

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

Holder	will cease to hold / will hold again	(DD/MM/YYYY) voting rights as of
13) Additional information
The disclosure obligation arose due total holding in voting rights for BlackRock, Inc. going above 3%

Signature
	The first product of the control of

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

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 Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC BlackRock HK Holdco Limited BlackRock Cayco Limited BlackRock Trident Holding Company Limited 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 Group 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 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 Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Canada Holdings LP BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC Black Rock 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 (Netherlands) By.

1) Status of the notification

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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 entities)
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 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 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.
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock International Limited	Exchange Place One, 1 Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, U.K.
	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.
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-8217, Japan

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

Name Address (for legal entities) Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the
persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6 Part II

7) Date on which the threshold is crossed

07/08/2017 (DD/MM/YYYY)

8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)

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9) Denominator

200,000,944

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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
BlackRock, Inc.	$\circ$	$\circ$		0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	12,289	12,289		0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	1.024	1,222		0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	672,066	823.877		0.41%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	1,599,705	1,648,601		0.82%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	19,748	19,748		0.01%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	214,742	215.234		0.11%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	12,079	9.882		0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	152,623	156,823		0.08%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	596,777	596,777		0.30%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	1,096,813	1.097.601		0.55%
BlackRock International Limited	5,101	5.101		0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	7,877	7,877		0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	1,262,414	1,283,865		0.64%
BlackRock Investment Management, lllc	115,247	118,287		0.06%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	5,911	5,925		0.00%
Subtotal	5,774,416	6,003,109		3.00%
	TOTAL	6,003,109	$\mathbf 0$	3.00%	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	^e . of voting rights	Settlement
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	Securities Lent			63,083	0.03° ₂	physical
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent			19,473	$0.01\%$	physical
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	Contract For Difference			20,128	0.01°	cash
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	Contract For Difference			2,781	$0.00\degree$	cash
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company. National Association	Contract For Difference			37,847	$0.02o$ c	cash
BlackRock International Limited	Contract For Difference			542	0.00%	cash
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Contract For Difference			17,404	0.01%	cash
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC.	Contract For Difference			99,948	0.05%	cash	÷
	TOTAL			261,206	0.13%

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_________ -- TOTAL (A & B)			# of voting rights % of voting rights
	CALCULATE	6,264,315	3.13%

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

Please see the full chain of control in "Chain of Control" tab.

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

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

	Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, U.K.
On		08/08/2017 (DD/MM/YYYY)
	Name & capacity Laurel Clark - Vice President		Signature

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

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 Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC BlackRock HK Holdco Limited BlackRock Cavco Limited BlackRock Trident Holding Company Limited 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 Group 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 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 Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC 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 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 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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Publication relative aux notifications de transparence

1. Résumé des notifications

2. Seuil franchi

3. Contenu des notifications

1) Status of the notification

3) Reason for the notification

4) Notification by

5) Persons subject to the notification requirement

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

7) Date on which the threshold is crossed

9) Denominator

10) Notified details

The totals will be updated once you have clicked on

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

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

1) Status of the notification

3) Reason for the notification

4) Notification by

5) Persons subject to the notification requirement

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

7) Date on which the threshold is crossed

9) Denominator

10) Notified details

The totals will be updated once you have clicked on

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

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

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