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bpost SA/NV

Major Shareholding Notification May 17, 2018

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Major Shareholding Notification

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Disclosure of transparency notification

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

bpost discloses one notification 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 notification

In a notification dated May 14, 2018, BlackRock, Inc., also on behalf of its subsidiaries set forth in the notification, notified that, following a transaction in bpost securities dated May 11, 2018, the holding of BlackRock, Inc. (taking into account the subsidiaries controlled by it) has been modified as follows :

  • the holding of voting rights has decreased and crossed downward the 3% threshold ;
  • the holding of equivalent financial instruments has increased without crossing any notification threshold.

BlackRock, Inc. (taking into account the subsidiaries controlled by it) now holds 4.12% 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 notification

The full text of the notification dated May 14, 2018, 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 Saskia Dheedene (investors): +32 (0)2 276 76 43

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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%

For groups, start with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal antity.
For groups, start with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal antity.
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B) Equivalent financial instruments After the transaction
$\mathbb{E}[\xi]^{(1-\alpha)\cdot\tau}=\exp\left(\frac{1}{2}\mathfrak{h}_{\alpha\beta}^{-1}f\cdot\mathrm{Im}(\xi)\exp\left(\frac{1}{2}\xi\cdot\mathrm{Im}(\xi)\right)\right)=\exp\left(-\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{1}{2}\xi\cdot\mathrm{Im}(\xi)\right)\right)=\exp\left(-\frac{1}{2}\xi\cdot\mathrm{Im}(\xi)\right)=\exp\left(-\frac{1}{2}\xi\cdot\mathrm{Im}(\xi)\right)=\exp\left(-\frac{1}{2}\xi\cdot\mathrm{Im}(\xi)\right)=\exp\left(-\frac{1}{2}\xi\cdot\mathrm{Im}(\xi)\right)=\exp\left(-$
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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

On

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

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc. BlackRock Advisors, LLC BlackRock Capital 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 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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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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