Cofinimmo — Major Shareholding Notification 2020

Jun 25, 2020

PRESS RELEASE

REGULATED INFORMATION Brussels, embargo until 24.06.2020, 5:40 PM CET

Publication of a transparency notification (article 14, first paragraph of the Law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings)

Summary of the notification

On 23.06.2020, Cofinimmo has received a transparency notification dated 23.06.2020 from the group BlackRock, Inc. with registered offices at 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, USA. By virtue of an acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights, the group now holds 4.93% of voting securities and 0.20% of equivalent financial instruments (compared to 4,77% and 0.23%, respectively, during the previous notification dated 22.06.2020).

The group BlackRock, Inc. now holds 5.13% of the voting rights in the company, including the equivalent financial instruments.

Content of the notification

The notification dated 23.06.2020 contains the following information:

• Raison for the notification: acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
• Notification by: a parent undertaking or a controlling person
• Persons subject to the notification requirement:

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	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	Lenbachplatz 1 1st Floor, Munich, 80333-MN3, 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 26, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, 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

REGULATED INFORMATION

Brussels, embargo until 24.06.2020, 5:40 PM CET

• Transaction date: 22.06.2020
• Threshold that is crossed: 5%
• Denominator: 27,061,917
• Notified details:
• A) Voting rights

	Number of voting	Number of voting
Holder	rights linked to	rights linked to	% of
	shares before the transaction	shares after the transaction	voting rights
BlackRock, Inc.	0	0	0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	14,317	14,317	0.05%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	394,528	425,321	1.57%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	31,880	31,880	0.12%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	33,130	32,573	0.12%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	52,628	52,628	0.19%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	2,300	2,300	0.01%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	6,147	6,147	0.02%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	270,297	270,086	1.00%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National	380,329	392,795	1.45%
Association
BlackRock International Limited	15,846	15,846	0.06%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia)	16,872	16,872	0.06%
Limited
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	67,937	68,138	0.25%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	803	2,454	0.01%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	2,829	2,686	0.01%
Subtotal	1,289,843	1,334,043	4.93%

B) Equivalent financial instruments

Holder	Type of financial instrument	Number of voting rights linked to equivalent financial instruments after the transaction	% of voting rights	Settlement
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	Securities Lent	36,546	0.14%	Physical
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	Securities Lent	3,018	0.01%	Physical
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	Contract for Difference	2,640	0.01%	Cash
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Contract for Difference	11,330	0.04%	Cash
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Contract for Difference	903	0.00%	Cash
Subtotal		54,437	0.20%
TOTAL A + B		1,388,480	5.13%

PRESS RELEASE

REGULATED INFORMATION Brussels, embargo until 24.06.2020, 5:40 PM CET

• Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held: the full chain of controlled undertakings was added to the notification.
• Additional information: the disclosure obligation arose due to voting rights attached to shares for BlackRock, Inc. going above 5%.

Miscellaneous

• This press release can be consulted on Cofinimmo's website under www.cofinimmo.com/newsand-media/press-releases/.
• The full notification can be consulted on Cofinimmo's website under www.cofinimmo.com/investors/shareholder-information/ownership/.

For more information:

Lynn Nachtergaele Investor Relations Officer Tel.: +32 (0)2 777 14 08 lnachtergaele@cofinimmo.be

About Cofinimmo:

Cofinimmo has been acquiring, developing and managing rental properties for over 35 years. The company has a portfolio spread across Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain, with a value of approximately 4.5 billion EUR. With attention to social developments, Cofinimmo has the mission of making high-quality care, living and working environments available to its partners-tenants, from which users benefit directly. 'Caring, Living and Working – Together in Real Estate' is the expression of this mission. Thanks to its expertise, Cofinimmo has built up a healthcare real estate portfolio of approximately 2.5 billion EUR in Europe.

As an independent company that applies the highest standards of corporate governance and sustainability, Cofinimmo offers its tenants services and manages its portfolio through a team of over 130 employees in Brussels, Paris, Breda and Frankfurt.

Cofinimmo is listed on Euronext Brussels (BEL20) and benefits from the REIT system in Belgium (RREC), France (SIIC) and the Netherlands (FBI). Its activities are supervised by the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), the Belgian regulator.

On 31.05.2020, Cofinimmo's total market capitalisation stood at approximately 3.2 billion EUR. The company applies an investment policy aimed at offering a socially responsible, long-term, low-risk investment that generates a regular, predictable and growing dividend.

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