Ontex Group NV — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Oct 25, 2016

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1) Status of the notification

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	Name ONTEX
Identification number 0550-880-915

3) Reason for the notification

Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights

4) Notification by

2) Issuer

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 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
BlackRock International Limited	Exchange Place One, 1 Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, U.K.

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

	Name	Address (for legal entities)
A	Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6	Part II
7) Date on which the threshold is crossed
		19/10/2016 (DD/MM/YYYY)
8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)
Œ		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 filting 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.	$\circ$	0		0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	9.403	9,403		0.01%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	129,844	124,449		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	121,653	121,975		0.16%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	5,919	197		0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	1	2		0.00%
BlackRock Fund Advisors 355,553		354,776		0.47%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, 367,025 National Association		357,915		0.48%
BlackRock Investment Management 23,618 (Australia) Limited		23,618		0.03%
BlackRock Investment Management 2,520,935 (UK) Limited		2,507,962		3.35%
BlackRock Investment Management, 62,534 LLC		53,842		0.07%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	30	26		0.00%
Subtotal	3,743,649	3,701,299		4.94%
	TOTAL	3.701.299	$\Omega$	4.94%	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 Advisors (UK) Limited	Securities Lent			127,386	0.17%	physical	$\qquad \qquad \blacksquare$
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Securities Lent			33,847	0.05%	physical	$\blacksquare$
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent			352,205	0.47%	physical	$\bullet$
BlackRock International Limited	Contract for Difference			6,438	0.01%	cash	$\qquad \qquad \blacksquare$
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Contract for Difference			80,939	0.11%	cash	÷
	TOTAL			600,815	0.80%

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TOTAL (A & B)			# of voting rights % of voting rights
	CALCULATE	4,302,114	5.75%

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 seperately to this notification.

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

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Holder	---------------	will cease to hold / will hold again	u	voting rights as of	_____

13) Additional information

The disclosure obligation arose due to voting rights for BlackRock, Inc. going below 5% in heading 10) A).
Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, U.K.

21/10/2016 (DD/MM/YYYY) On Name & capacity Laurel Clark, Vice President

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