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Ontex Group NV Major Shareholding Notification 2014

Dec 9, 2014

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Major Shareholding Notification

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PRESS RELEASE Regulated information

Ontex: Transparency Declaration Notification

Disclosure made according to the requirements of Article 14 of the law of 2 May 2007

Aalst-Erembodegem (Belgium), 9 December 2014 – Ontex Group NV ("Ontex") discloses the notification of significant shareholdings that it has received according to the Belgian Law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings in listed companies.

On 8 December 2014, Janus Capital Management LLC notified Ontex that it had acquired 2,293,433 shares in Ontex and so had crossed the threshold of 3% of the total number of voting rights in Ontex to 3.37%.

According to its obligation Ontex publishes the content of the notification that it has received.

Date of Notification: 8 December 2014

Date Threshold Crossed: 5 December 2014

Threshold Crossed: 3.00%

Notification by:

Janus Capital 151 Detroit Street, Denver, CO, 80206 USA
Management LLC

Denominator on the date of notification: 68,055,555 shares

Voting rights and assimilated financial instruments:

Previous
notification
After the transaction
# voting
rights
# voting rights % of voting rights
Holders of Linked to Not linked Linked to Not linked
voting rights securities to securities securities to securities
Janus Capital
Group
2,293,433 0 3.37% 0.00%

Chain of controlled entities through which the shareholding is effectively owned:

Janus Capital Management LLC owns and exercises independently the voting rights attached to the assets it manages.

Notifications of significant shareholdings to be made according to the Law of 2 May 2007 should be sent to: [email protected]

This notification will be posted on: http://www.ontexglobal.com/press-room

INVESTOR ENQUIRIES

Ontex Investor Relations Philip Ludwig +32 53 333 730 [email protected]

Fairvue Partners

+44 20 7614 2900 [email protected]

About Ontex

Ontex is a leading manufacturer of branded and retailer brand hygienic disposable products across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Company primarily sells its products to retailers, helping them to establish or enhance their own brands. While historically Western Europe has been the Company's largest geographic market in terms of sales (68% of sales in 2013), the Company also has a growing presence in emerging markets where it offers both retailer brands and its own brands, with the mix varying by product category and geography. The Company believes that it operates a strong and diversified business across multiple geographies and serves a blue chip customer base with high quality products in core, resilient and nondiscretionary categories.