Ontex Group NV

Major Shareholding Notification • Sep 17, 2025

Transparency Declaration Notification

In accordance with the requirements of Article 14 of the Belgian Law of May 2, 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings in listed companies, Ontex Group NV ("Ontex") discloses the notification of significant shareholdings that it has received on September 15, 2025.

On September 11, 2025, Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., detained 8,251,487 Ontex voting securities, representing 10.02% of voting rights, and thereby crossed upward the threshold of 10%.

Enquiries

>	Investors:	Geoffroy Raskin	+32 53 33 37 30	investor.relations@ontexglobal.com
>	Media:	Catherine Weyne	+32 53 33 36 22	corporate.communications@ontexglobal.com

About Ontex

Ontex is a leading international developer and producer of baby care, feminine care and adult care products, for retailer and healthcare brands across Europe and North America. The group employs about 5,500 people with plants and offices in 12 countries (excl. discontinued operations), and its innovative products are distributed in around 100 countries. Ontex is headquartered in Aalst, Belgium, and is listed on Euronext Brussel, where it is a constituent of the Bel Mid® index. To keep up with the latest news, visit ontex.com or follow Ontex on LinkedIn.

Notification details

• Reason for the notification: Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights

• Notification by: A person that notifies alone

• Persons subject to the notification requirement: Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., located at 4275 Executive Square, 5th Floor, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA

• Date of declaration: September 15, 2025

• Date of threshold crossing: September 11, 2025

• Threshold crossed: 10% upward

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

• Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held: Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., an SEC-registered U.S. investment adviser, does not have a parent company who controls its voting rights.

• Additional information: Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., is an SEC-registered U.S. Investment advisor. Shares for which Brandes has voting authority are aggregated, and are beneficially owned by our individual account holders.

• Details of the notification:

Voting rights	Previous	After the transaction
	notification	# voting rights		% voting rights
Holders of voting rights	# voting rights	Linked to securities	Not linked to securities	Linked to securities	Not linked to securities
Brandes Investment Partners, L.P.	6,182,739	8,251,487	0	10.02%	0.00%
Total	6,182,739	8,251,487	0	10.02%	0.00%