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Cofinimmo — Major Shareholding Notification 2022
Oct 31, 2022
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Major Shareholding Notification
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REGULATED INFORMATION Brussels, embargo until 31.10.2022, 5:40 p.m. CET
PRESS RELEASE
Publication of a transparency notification (article 14, first paragraph of the Law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings)
1. Summary of the notification
On 28.10.2022, Cofinimmo has received a transparency notification dated 28.10.2022 from the group BlackRock, Inc. with registered offices at 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, USA. By virtue of the acquisition or disposal of voting rights, the group now holds 5.00% of voting securities and 0.29% of equivalent financial instruments (compared to 4.90% and 0.30%, respectively, during the previous notification dated 20.09.2022).
The group BlackRock, Inc. now holds 5.30% of the voting rights in the company, including the equivalent financial instruments.
2. Content of the notification
The notification dated 28.10.2022 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 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 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 Japan Co., Ltd. | 1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-8217, Japan |
Transaction date: 27.10.2022
- Threshold that is crossed: 5%
- Denominator: 32,251,549
- Notified details:
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A) Voting rights
| Holder | Number of voting rights linked to shares before the transaction |
Number of voting rights linked to shares after the transaction |
% of voting rights |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 436,896 | 426,095 | 1.32% |
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 42,240 | 43,469 | 0.13% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited | 47,880 | 50,671 | 0.16% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG | 66,530 | 66,570 | 0.21% |
| BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited | 2,300 | 2,300 | 0.01% |
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 6,347 | 6,180 | 0.02% |
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 399,795 | 410,923 | 1.27% |
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
426,588 | 444,228 | 1.38% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) | 16,033 | 16,863 | 0.05% |
| Limited | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited | 134,101 | 145,833 | 0.45% |
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 1,159 | 978 | 0.00% |
| Subtotal | 1,579,869 | 1,614,110 | 5.00% |
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 | 85,219 | 0.26% | Physical |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securities Lent | 9,010 | 0.03% | Physical |
| Subtotal | 94,229 | 0.29% | ||
| TOTAL A + B | 1,708,339 | 5.30% |
- 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%.
3. Miscellaneous
- This press release can be consulted on Cofinimmo's website under www.cofinimmo.com/news-and-media/press-releases/.
- The full notification can be consulted on Cofinimmo's website under www.cofinimmo.com/investors/shareholder-information/ownership/.
REGULATED INFORMATION Brussels, embargo until 31.10.2022, 5:40 p.m. CET
PRESS RELEASE
For more information:
Philippe Etienne Lynn Nachtergaele Head of External Communication Head of Investor Relations Tel.: +32 2 373 60 32 Tel.: +32 2 777 14 08 [email protected] [email protected]
About Cofinimmo:
Cofinimmo has been acquiring, developing and managing rental properties for almost 40 years. The company has a portfolio spread across Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom with a value of approximately 6.1 billion EUR. Responding to societal changes, Cofinimmo's mission is to provide highquality care, living, and working spaces to partner-tenants for their occupants to enjoy. 'Caring, Living and Working - Together in Real Estate' is the expression of this mission. Thanks to its expertise, Cofinimmo has assembled a healthcare real estate portfolio of approximately 4.2 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 approximately 160 employees in Brussels, Paris, Breda, Frankfurt and Madrid.
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.