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bpost SA/NV

Major Shareholding Notification Nov 16, 2018

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Major Shareholding Notification

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Openbaarmaking van transparantiekennisgevingen

(artikel 14 van de wet van 2 mei 2007 met betrekking tot de openbaarmaking van belangrijke deelnemingen in beursgenoteerde vennootschappen)

bpost maakt 2 kennisgevingen openbaar die zij heeft ontvangen van BlackRock, Inc (en verbonden vennootschappen) met toepassing van de wet van 2 mei 2007 met betrekking tot de openbaarmaking van belangrijke deelnemingen in beursgenoteerde vennootschappen.

    1. Samenvatting van de kennisgevingen
  • In een eerste kennisgeving gedateerd op 12 november 2018, heeft BlackRock, Inc., mede namens de door haar gecontroleerde ondernemingen zoals in de kennisgeving uiteengezet, meegedeeld dat, ten gevolge van een transactie in bpost effecten gedateerd op 9 november 2018, de deelneming van BlackRock, Inc. (evenals de door haar gecontroleerde ondernemingen) als volgt gewijzigd is:
    • o het aantal gehouden stemrecht verlenende effecten is gedaald beneden de drempel van 3%;
    • o het aantal gehouden gelijkgestelde financiële instrumenten is gedaald zonder de drempel van verplichte bekendmaking te overschrijden.

BlackRock, Inc. (evenals de door haar gecontroleerde ondernemingen) had toen een deelneming die 3,08% van de stemrechten in bpost vertegenwoordigde.

In een tweede kennisgeving gedateerd op 13 november 2018, heeft BlackRock, Inc., mede namens de door haar gecontroleerde ondernemingen zoals in de kennisgeving uiteengezet, meegedeeld dat zij, ten gevolge van een transactie van stemrecht verlenende effecten en gelijkgestelde financiële instrumenten in bpost gedateerd op 12 november 2018, haar deelneming heeft verlaagd en gedaald is onder de drempel van 3%.

BlackRock, Inc. (evenals de door haar gecontroleerde ondernemingen) heeft nu een deelneming die 2,86% van de stemrechten in bpost vertegenwoordigt.

  1. Overschreden drempel

Overschreden drempel: 3%

Artikel 13 van de statuten van bpost bepaalt het volgende inzake openbaarmaking van belangrijke deelnemingen: "In toepassing van Titel II van de Wet van 2 mei 2007 op de openbaarmaking van belangrijke deelnemingen in emittenten waarvan aandelen zijn toegelaten tot de verhandeling op een gereglementeerde markt en houdende diverse bepalingen en het koninklijk besluit van 14 februari 2008 op de openbaarmaking van belangrijke deelnemingen, worden de toepasselijke opeenvolgende drempelwaarden vastgesteld op 3%, 5% en ieder veelvoud van 5%."

  1. Inhoud van de kennisgevingen

De volledige tekst van deze kennisgevingen, respectievelijk van 12 en 13 november 2018, is als bijlage bij dit persbericht gevoegd en is op de bpost website gepubliceerd via deze link http://corporate.bpost.be/investors/share-information/transparency-declarations.

Kennisgevingen van belangrijke deelnemingen, die dienen te worden gedaan conform de wet van 2 mei 2007 en de statuten van bpost, worden gestuurd naar [email protected]. Dergelijke kennisgevingen worden openbaar gemaakt via een persbericht en worden online gepubliceerd via http://corporate.bpost.be/investors/share-information/transparency-declarations.

Persbericht: Transparantiekennisgeving Brussel, 16/11/2018 – 17.45 uur (CET) Gereglementeerde informatie corporate.bpost.be/investors

4. Voor meer informatie

Baudouin de Hepcée: +32 (0)2 276 22 28 Saskia Dheedene: +32 (0)2 276 76 43 Stéphanie Voisin: +32 (0)2 276 21 97

[email protected]

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1) Status of the notification

$\sim$ Final $\mathbf{v}$
2) Issuer a. $\overline{\phantom{a}}$
Name BPOST $\bullet$
Identification number 0214-596-464 ۰.

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 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, Ontarlo, 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 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 Investment Management (Australia) Limited Level 37, Chilley Tower, 2 Chilley 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.

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 if concerning the
persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6
Part II
7) Date on which the threshold is crossed
09/11/2018 (DD/MM/YYYY)
8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)
$\sim$
If the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not entering any numbers in Section 10
9) Denominator
200,000,944

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10) Notified details

à.

A) Voting rights After the transaction
# 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 ٥ 0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. 14,356
۰.
14,356 0.01%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited 555,359 802,015 0.40%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 2,675,477 1,664,506 0.94%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada
Limited
o 10,323 0.01%
BlackRock Asset Management
Deutschland AG
210,770 4,392 0.00%
BlackRock Asset Management North
Asia Limited
580 580 0.00%
BlackRock Capital Management, Inc. 109 0 $0.00\%$
BlackRock Fund Advisors 813,212 871,829 0.44%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company,
National Association
1,084,519 939,846 0.47%
BlackRock Investment Management
(Australia) Limited
306 306 0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK) Limited
810,914 1,012,073 0.51%
BlackRock Investment Management,
luc
55,117 17,020 0.01%
Subtotal 6.220.719 5,557,246 2.78%
TOTAL 5,557,246 ō 2.78% 0.00%

Start with "groups" of holders. Add subtotals with $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}$ and then finish with the persons who are "alone".
For groups, start with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity.
The totals, subtotals and

$\mathcal{K} \subset \mathcal{R}$ ó.

$\overline{\phantom{0}}$

$\leq$ $\sim$

$\bar{z}$

B) Equivalent financial Instruments After the transaction
Holders of equivalent
financial instruments
Type of financial instrument
ist.
Expiration date Exercise period or
date
# of voting rights
that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised
% of voling rights Settlement
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited Securities Lent 133,944 0.07% physical
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK) Limited
Securities Lent 97,297
BlackRock Investment Management, Securities Lent 0.05% physical $\bullet$
ILLC. 34,585 0.02% physical $^{66}$
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited Contract For Difference 6,467 0.00% cash $\overline{\phantom{0}}$
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company,
National Association
Contract For Difference 88,696 0.04% cash $\blacksquare$
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK) Limited
Contract For Difference 43,029 0.02%
BlackRock Investment Management,
ILLC.
Contract For Difference 195,831 0.10% cash $\blacksquare$
TOTAL 599,849 0.30% cash $+$ :

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TOTAL (A & B) A of voting rights % of voting rights
CALCULATE 6,157,095 3.08%

11) Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, it 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
$\cdot$
(DD/MM/YYYY)
voting rights as of
13) Additional information
The disclosure obligation arose due voting rights attached to shares for BlackRock, Inc. going below 3%

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

Name

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 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 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

BläckRock, 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 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.

1) Status of the notification

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 entitles)
BlackRock, Inc. 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstetplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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 North Asia Limited 15/F, 16/F, 17/F Citibank Tower & 17/F ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong
Kong
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 Investment Management (Australia) Limited Level 37, Chifley Tower, 2 Chilley 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.

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

Name Address (for legal entities)
Please continue entering the information in part il concerning the
persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6
Part II
7) Date on which the threshold is crossed
12/11/2018 (DD/MM/YYYY)
8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)

If the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not entering any numbers in Section 10

9) Denominator

200,000,944

Please enter the denominator before filling in the data

. g B B ŧ E $\frac{1}{1}$ $\overline{\phantom{a}}$ E, $\overline{\phantom{0}}$

$\leftarrow$

$+$

$\overline{+}$

10) Notified details

A) Voting rights Pravious 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 Io securities Not linked to the
securities
BlackRock, Inc. $\mathbf 0$ o 0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. 14,356 14.356 0.01%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited 802,015 752,224 0.38%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 1.884.506 1,629,822 0.81%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada
Limited
10.323 10,323 0.01%
BlackRock Asset Management
Deutschland AG
4,392 0 0.00%
BlackRock Asset Management North
Asia Limited
580 580 0.00%
BlackRock Fund Advisors 871,829 871.829 0.44%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company,
National Association
939.846 935.997 0.47%
BlackRock Investment Management
(Australia) Limited
306 306 0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK) Limited
1,012,073 908,900 0.45%
BlackRock Investment Management,
LLC
17,020 9.895 0.00%
Subtotal 5.557.246 5,134,232 2.57%
TOTAL 5,134,232 ۰ 2.57% 0.00%

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

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 ls
exercised
% of voting rights Settlement
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited Securities Lent 133,944 0.07% physical ۰
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK) Limited
Securities Lent 82,697 0.04% physical $\bullet$
BlackRock Investment Management,
LLC
Securities Lent 34,585 0.02% physical ٠
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited Contract For Diflerence 6,467 0.00% cash ۰
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company,
National Association
Contract For Difference 87,664 0.04% cash ٠
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK) Limited
Contract For Difference 43,029 0.02% cash ۰
BlackRock Investment Management,
LLC
Contract For Difference 195,831 0.10% cash $+$
TOTAL 584,217 0.29%

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TOTAL (A & B)
$- -$
# of voting rights % of voting rights
CALCULATE
$-1000$
5,718,449 2.86%

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
voting rights as of (DUNNM/YYYY)
13) Additional information
The disclosure obligation arose due total holdings attached to shares for BlackRock, Inc. going below 3%

Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, U.K. On 13/11/2018 (DD/MMYYYY) Name & capacity Andrew Manchester, Vice President

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

Name

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 Ptv. 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 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 Canada Holdings LP BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

$\bar{z}$

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 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.

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