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Ontex Group NV Major Shareholding Notification 2017

Oct 6, 2017

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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), 6 October 2017 – 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 3 October 2017, Aviva plc, and its affiliated entities, notified Ontex that Aviva plc had, as a result of sales of shares, crossed below the threshold of 3.00% of the total number of voting rights in Ontex, excluding equivalent financial instruments.

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

Date of Notification: 3 October 2017

Date Threshold Crossed: 2 October 2017

Threshold Crossed: 3.00%

Notification by:

Aviva plc St Helens, 1 Undershaft, London, EC3P 3DQ, United Kingdom
Aviva Investors Global Services
Limited
St Helens, 1 Undershaft, London, EC3P 3DQ, United Kingdom
Aviva Investors France SA 14 Rue Roquepine, 75008 Paris, France

Denominator on the date of notification: 82,347,218 shares

Voting rights and assimilated financial instruments:

(A) Voting rights 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
Aviva plc 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Aviva Investors Global
Services Ltd
2,989,935 2,005,517 0 2.44% 0.00%
Aviva Investors France SA 394,691 8,119 0 0.01% 0.00%
Subtotal 3,384,626 2,013,636 2.45%
Total 2,013,636 0 2.45% 0.00%
(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
Aviva plc 0 0.00%
Aviva Investors
Global Services
Ltd
Right to
recall
loaned
shares
N/A N/A 1,057,895 1.28%
TOTAL 1,057,895 1.28%
# of voting rights % of voting rights
TOTAL (A + B) 3,071,531 3.73%

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

The full chain of control is available at this link.

Additional information

Aviva Investors Global Services Ltd, and Aviva Investors France SA, are investment management companies that hold and exercise the voting rights at their discretion in the absence of specific instructions.

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 international provider of personal hygiene solutions, with expertise in baby care, feminine care and adult care. Ontex's innovative products are distributed in more than 110 countries through Ontex brands such as BBTips, BioBaby, Pompom, Bigfral, Canbebe, Canped, ID and Serenity, as well as leading retailer brands.

Employing 11,000 passionate people all over the world, Ontex has a presence in 22 countries, with its headquarters in Aalst, Belgium. Ontex is part of the Bel20 and STOXX® Europe 600. To keep up with the latest news, visit www.ontexglobal.com or follow us on LinkedIn.