bpost SA/NV

Major Shareholding Notification • May 17, 2018

Publication relative à une notification de transparence

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

bpost publie une notification reçue 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 cotées.

1. Résumé de la notification

Dans une notification datée du 14 mai 2018, BlackRock, Inc., agissant également au nom des entreprises contrôlées par elle tel qu'exposé dans la notification, a notifié que, suite à une opération sur titres réalisée en date du 11 mai 2018, la participation de BlackRock, Inc. (ensemble avec les entreprises qu'elle contrôle) a été modifiée comme suit :

• la détention de titres conférant le droit de vote a diminué et est descendue en dessous du seuil de 3% ;
• la détention d'instruments financiers assimilés a augmenté sans franchir de seuil de notification obligatoire.

BlackRock, Inc. (ensemble avec les entreprises qu'elle contrôle) détient désormais 4,12% des droit 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 %."

1. Contenu de la notification

Le texte complet de la notification datée du 14 mai 2018, 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 investor.relations@bpost.be. Ces notifications sont publiées via un communiqué de presse et sont disponibles via le lien http://corporate.bpost.be/investors/share-information/transparency-declarations.

4. Pour de plus amples informations

Baudouin de Hepcée (investisseurs et journalistes): +32 (0)2 276 22 28 Saskia Dheedene (investisseurs): +32 (0)2 276 76 43

• investor.relations@bpost.be (pour les investisseurs)
• pressrelations@bpost.be (pour les journalistes)

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1) Status of the notification

	مستنبس

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 antities)
BlackRock, Inc.	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, LLS.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, 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 Capital Management, Inc.	100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, 19809, 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 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.

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

	Name	Address (for legal entities)
	D 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
		11/05/2018 (OD/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

10) Notified details

A) Voting rights	Previous notification	After the transaction
	# of voting rights		# of voting rights	% of voting rights
Holders of voting rights		Unked to securities	Not linked to the securities		Not linked to the Linked to securities securities
BlackRock, Inc.	0	0		0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	12,289	14,356		0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	1,222	0		0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	623,877	368,294		0.18%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	1,648,601	2.675.477		1.34%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	19,748	$\circ$		0.00%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	215,234	210,696		0.11%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	9.882	580		0.00%
BlackRock Capital Management, Inc.	0	177		0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	156,823	$\circ$		0.00%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	596.777	810,872		0.41%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company. National Association	1,097,601	1,127,497		0.56%
BlackRock International Limited	5,101	$\bullet$		0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	7,877	306		0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	1,283,865	700,698		0.35%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	118,287	55,117
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	5,925	O		0.03%
Subtotal	6.003.109	5,964,070		0.00%
TOTAL				2.98%
		5,964,070	0	2.98%	0.00%

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B) Equivalent financial instruments	After the transaction $\mathbb{E}[\xi]^{(1-\alpha)\cdot\tau}=\exp\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\frac{\pi}{2}\epsilon\right)\exp\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cdots+\frac{\pi}{2}\ \xi_1\ ^2+\cd$ The above the product of the control Tel: Magazine Corp. & Street The company of the Company of the Company of ---
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 la exercised	% of voting rights	Settlement
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	Securities Lent			650.540	0.33%	physical	$\blacksquare$
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	Securities Lent			10,323	0.01%	physical	$\bullet\bullet$
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Securities Lent			4.000	0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent			1,210,932	0.61%	physical	$\qquad \qquad \blacksquare$
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	Securities Lent			12,500	0.01%	physical	$\sim$
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	Contract For Difference			17,029	0.01%	physical cash	$\equiv$
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	Contract For Difference			7,304	0.00%		$\blacksquare$
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Contract For Difference			25,187	0.01%	cash	w.
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Contract For Difference			3,130	0.00%	cash	$\qquad \qquad \blacksquare$
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC.	Contract For Difference			325,314	0.16%	cash	$\blacksquare$
	TOTAL			2,266,259	1.13%	cash	$+$

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TOTAL (A & B)			# of voting rights % of voting rights
	CALCULATE	8,230,329	4.12%

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

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

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

Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, U.K.

14/05/2018 (DD/MM/YYYY)

Name & capacity Laurel Clark - Vice President

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11) FulPchalmoteontrolled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

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 $\infty$ 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

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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 Group Limited - We consider BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG

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