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Ontex Group NV — Major Shareholding Notification 2016
Mar 10, 2016
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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), 10 March 2016 – Ontex Group NV ("Ontex") discloses the notifications 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 7 March 2016, BlackRock, Inc., and its affiliated entities, notified Ontex that it had, as a result of the increase in the total number outstanding ordinary shares of Ontex announced on 3 March 2016, crossed below the threshold of 7.50% of the total number of voting rights in Ontex.
According to its obligation Ontex publishes the content of the notifications that it has received.
Date of Notification: 7 March 2016
Date Threshold Crossed: 29 February 2016
Threshold Crossed: 7.50%
Notification by:
| BlackRock, Inc | 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055, U.S.A. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809, U.S.A. | ||||
| BlackRock Asset Management | 161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1, | ||||
| Canada Limited | Canada | ||||
| BlackRock Asset Management | JP Morgan House, International Financial Services Centre, | ||||
| Ireland Limited | Dublin 1, Ireland | ||||
| BlackRock Asset Management | Bahnhofstraβe 54, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland | ||||
| Schweiz AG | |||||
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, U.S.A. | ||||
| BlackRock Fund Managers | 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. | ||||
| Limited | |||||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust | 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, U.S.A. | ||||
| Company, National Association | |||||
| BlackRock International Limited | Exchange Place One, 1 Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, UK |
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| BlackRock Investment | |||||
| Management, LLC | 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540, U.S.A. | ||||
| BlackRock Investment | Level 26, 101 Collins Street Melbourne, VIC 3000, |
| Management (Australia) | Australia |
|---|---|
| Limited | |
| BlackRock Investment | 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. |
| Management (UK) Limited | |
| 1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust Tower Main, Tokyo, | |
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 100-8217 Japan |
| BlackRock Life Limited | 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, UK |
| BlacRock (Luxembourg) S.A. | 6D, Route de Treves, Senningerberg, L-2633 Luxembourg |
| BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V | Rembrandt Tower, 17th Floor, Amstelplein, Amsterdam, |
| Netherlands |
Denominator on the date of notification: 74,861,108 shares
Voting rights and assimilated financial instruments:
Notification of 7 March 2016:
| 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 | ||||||
| BlackRock, Inc | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | |||
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 125,080 | 129,480 | 0.17% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
3,483 | 3,513 | 0.00% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited |
95,957 | 102,430 | 0.14% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG |
7,608 | 7,608 | 0.01% | |||
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 312,051 | 327,300 | 0.44% | |||
| BlackRock Fund Managers Limited |
1,099,978 | 813,382 | 1.09% | |||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
408,189 | 438,865 | 0.59% | |||
| BlackRock International Limited |
19,775 | 42,516 | 0.06% | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
21,067 | 14,237 | 0.02% | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
24,720 | 25,620 | 0.03% | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
95,505 | 102,393 | 0.14% | |||
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 55,183 | 43,377 | 0.06% | |||
| BlackRock Life Limited | 16,160 | 26,848 | 0.04% |
| BlacRock (Luxembourg) S.A. |
3,158,033 | 3,366,676 | 4.50% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. |
0 | 11,831 | 0.02% | ||
| Total | 5,456,076 | 0 | 7.29% | 0.00% |
Chain of controlled entities through which the shareholding is effectively owned:
BlackRock, Inc. is the ultimate controller but the legal entities detailed in the section above are the discretionary Investment Managers who hold the shares and exercise the voting rights.
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
Philip Ludwig +32 53 333 730 [email protected]
PRESS ENQUIRIES
Gaëlle Vilatte +32 53 333 708 [email protected]
About Ontex
Ontex is a leading producer of disposable personal hygiene products, ranging from baby diapers to products for feminine hygiene and adult incontinence. Ontex's products are distributed in more than 100 countries through Ontex brands as well as leading retailer brands.
The group employs over 5,500 staff and has a presence in 23 countries. Ontex is listed on Euronext Brussels.