Disclosure of transparency notifications

(Article 14 of the Law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings in listed companies)

bpost discloses 2 notifications of significant shareholdings that it has received from BlackRock, Inc (and affiliates) in accordance with the Belgian Law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings in listed companies.

1. Summary of the notifications

In a first notification dated August 7, 2017, BlackRock, Inc., also on behalf of its subsidiaries set forth in the notification, notified that, following an acquisition of bpost voting securities or bpost voting rights, it increased its holding and it crossed upward the 3% threshold of voting rights in bpost SA de droit public ("bpost") on August 4, 2017. On August 4, 2017, BlackRock, Inc., taking into account the subsidiaries set forth in the notification, held 3.01% of the voting rights of bpost.
In a second notification dated August 8, 2017, BlackRock, Inc., also on behalf of its subsidiaries set forth in the notification, notified that, following an acquisition of bpost voting securities or bpost voting rights, it increased its holding in bpost on August 7, 2017. On that date, BlackRock, Inc., taking into account the subsidiaries set forth in the notification, held 3.13% of the voting rights of bpost.

2. Threshold crossed

Threshold that is crossed: 3%

Article 13 of bpost articles of association provides the following on disclosure of significant shareholdings: "As regards the application of Title II of the Law of May, 2 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings in issuers whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and other provisions and the Royal Decree of February, 14 2008 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings, the applicable successive thresholds are established at 3%, 5% and any multiple of 5%."

3. Content of the notifications

The full text of the notifications, respectively dated August 7 and 8, 2017, is attached to this press release and has also been posted on bpost's website at http://corporate.bpost.be/investors/shareinformation/transparency-declarations.

Notifications of important shareholdings to be made according to the Law of 2 May 2007 and bpost's articles of association, should be sent to [email protected]. Such notifications shall be made public through a press release and shall be posted on http://corporate.bpost.be/investors/share-information/transparency-declarations.

4. For more information

Baudouin de Hepcée (investors & journalists) : +32 (0)2 276 22 28

[email protected] (investors)
[email protected] (journalists)

2) Issuer

1) Status of the notification

Final

	Namo 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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Disclosure of transparency notifications

1. Summary of the notifications

2. Threshold crossed

3. Content of the notifications

4. For more information

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

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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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