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D'Ieteren Group

Major Shareholding Notification Jul 13, 2016

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Major Shareholding Notification

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REGULATED INFORMATION

Wednesday 13 July 2016 – 6:30 pm CET

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

D'Ieteren has received a transparency notification dated 11 July 2016 indicating that MFS Investment Management now holds, following the sale of shares on 21 April 2016, 4.94% of the voting rights of the company. It has therefore crossed downwards the lowest threshold of 5%.

2. Content of the notification

The notification dated 11 July 2016 contains the following information:

  • Reason for the notification: downward crossing of the lowest threshold
  • Notification by: a parent undertaking or a controlling person
  • Persons subject to the notification requirement:
Name Address of legal persons
Sun Life Financial Inc. 77 King Street West, 35th Floor, Toronto ON M5K 1B7
MFS Investment Management 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199 USA
MFS Heritage Trust Company 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199 USA
MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc. 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199 USA
MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd. 77 King Street West, 35th Floor, Toronto ON M5K 1B7
MFS International Ltd. Canon's Court, 22 Victoria Street, Hamilton, HM12 Bermuda
MFS International (U.K.) Ltd. One Carter Lane, London, EC4V 5ER
MFS Investment Management K.K. 1 4 2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ku, Tokyo 100 0013
MFS International Singapore Pte. Ltd. 501 Orchard Road, # 13-01 Wheelock Place, Singapore, 238880
  • Transaction date: 21 April 2016
  • Threshold that is crossed: 5%
  • Denominator: 60,302,620

REGULATED INFORMATION

Wednesday 13 July 2016 – 6:30 pm CET

Voting rights Previous 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 to securities Not linked to the securities Sun Life Financial Inc. 0 0 0.00% MFS Investment Management 777,782 1,774,522 2.94% MFS Heritage Trust Company 22,760 0 0.00% MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc. 1,235,181 612,178 1.02% MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd. 10,066 0 0.00% MFS International Ltd. 126,193 0 0.00% MFS International (U.K.) Ltd. 743,831 464,973 0.77% MFS Investment Management K.K. 111,493 32,315 0.05% MFS International Singapore Pte. Ltd. 0 94,245 0.16% Total 3,027,306 2,978,233 4.94%

Notified details

Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held:

The filing is made on behalf of Sun Life Financial Inc., a company incorporated under the Insurance Companies Act of Canada and its subsidiaries; which is the parent undertaking of Sun Life Global Investments, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada; which is the parent company undertaking of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, which is the parent undertaking of Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Holdings, Inc., which is the parent undertaking of Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Investments LLC; which is the parent undertaking of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.)

Remarks

MFS regrets the delay in the submission of this notification. The delay was the result of an internal error that did not include participating shares in the denominator for the purposes of calculating their holding in D'Ieteren at the relevant time. Having recently corrected this internal error, they have determined that their holdings fell below 5% on 21 April 2016. For completeness, the notification submitted by MFS dated 17 June 2014 indicating that their holdings exceeded the 5% threshold was based on the correct denominator which included participating shares.

The press release, as well as the notification, may be consulted on the website of D'Ieteren via the following link: www.dieteren.com/en/shareholding

The notifications of major shareholdings can be submitted to: Ms. Pascale Weber Financial Communication Rue du Mail 50 B-1050 Brussels Tel: 02.536.54.39 Fax: 02.536.91.39 E-Mail: [email protected]

End of press release

PRESS RELEASE: PUBLICATION OF A TRANSPARENCY NOTIFICATION

REGULATED INFORMATION

Wednesday 13 July 2016 – 6:30 pm CET

GROUP PROFILE

In existence since 1805, and across family generations, D'Ieteren seeks growth and value creation by pursuing a strategy on the long term for its businesses internationally and actively encouraging and supporting them to develop their position in their industry or in their geographies. The group serves some 12 million corporate and end customers in 33 countries in two areas:

- D'Ieteren Auto distributes Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, Škoda, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Porsche and Yamaha vehicles in Belgium. It is the country's number one car distributor, with a market share of more than 22% and 1.2 million vehicles on the road at the end of 2015. Sales in 2015: EUR 2.9 billion.

- Belron (94.85% owned) is the worldwide leader in vehicle glass repair and replacement. Some 2,400 branches and 10,000 mobile vans, trading under more than 10 major brands including Carglass®, Safelite® AutoGlass and Autoglass®, serve customers in 33 countries. Sales in 2015: EUR 3.2 billion.

FINANCIAL CALENDAR

Last five press releases
(with the exception of press releases linked to
the repurchase or sale of own shares)
Next events
26 May 2016 Trading Update for the period ending
31 March 2016
29 August 2016 2016 Half-Year
Results
29 April 2016 Dieselgate Commission
recommendations
21 April 2016 Annual Report 2015
25 February 2016 2015 Full-Year Results
8 January 2016 Belron – Agreement to form a joint
venture in Brazil

CONTACTS

Axel Miller, Chief Executive Officer Arnaud Laviolette, Chief Financial Officer

Pascale Weber, Financial Communication - Tel: + 32 (0)2 536.54.39 E-mail: [email protected] – Website: www.dieteren.com

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