Ontex Group NV — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Oct 25, 2016

1) Status of the notification

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2) Issuer

Name ONTEX Identification number 0550-880-915

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 entities)
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	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 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 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.
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-8217, Japan

6) Persons that dispose of voting rights (only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)

Name Address (for legal entities) Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the
persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6 $\bullet$ Part II 7) Date on which the threshold is crossed 13/10/2016 (DD/MM/YYYY) 8) Threshold that is crossed (in %) $\overline{\mathsf{S}}$

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if the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not entering any numbers in Section 10

74,861,108

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		Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities	Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities
BlackRock, Inc.	$\mathbf 0$	0		0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	9,403	9,403		0.01%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	121,945	128,908		0.17%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	142,817	142,817		0.19%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	4.317	4,317		0.01%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	119,833	121,462		0.16%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	6.743	7,063		0.01%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. 768		819		0.00%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	358,318	354,433		0.47%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	375,437	367,837		0.49%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	23.618	23,618		0.03%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	2,514,581	2,515,020		3.36%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	65,957	65,150		0.09%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	34	32		0.00%
Subtotal	3,743,771	3,740,879		5.00%
TOTAL		3,740,879	$\mathbf{0}$	5.00%	0.00%

Start with "groups" of holders. Add subtotals with $\Sigma$ , and then finish with the persons who are "alone".
For groups, start with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity.
The totals, subtotals and % will b

B) Equivalent financial instruments	After the transaction
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 is exercised	% of voting rights	Settlement
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent			354,978	0.47%	physical	$\qquad \qquad \blacksquare$
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Securities Lent			23,925	0.03%	physical
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	Securities Lent			129,889	0.17%	physical	$\blacksquare$
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Contract for Difference			80,939	0.11%	cash	$\bullet$
BlackRock International Limited	Contract for Difference			6.438	0.01%	cash	÷
	TOTAL			596,169	0.80%

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TOTAL (A & B)			# of voting rights % of voting rights
	CALCULATE	4,337,048	5.79%

11) Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

	Please see the full chain of control in a PDF which is sent separately to this notifcation

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

Holder	will cease to hold / will hold again	voting rights as of	(DD/MM/YYYYY)
13) Additional information
The disclosure obligation arose due to voting rights for BlackRock, Inc. going below 5%.
The actual percentage of holdings of all entities mentioned in heading 10A reached 4.997%, which explains the threshold crossing

	Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, U.K.
On		19/10/2016 (DD/MM/YYYY)
	Name & capacity Laurel Clark, Vice President

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