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Telenet Group Holding NV — Director's Dealing 2016
Aug 8, 2016
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Director's Dealing
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The enclosed information constitutes regulated information as defined in the Royal Decree of November 14, 2007 regarding the duties of issuers of financial instruments which have been admitted for trading on a regulated market.
Disclosure of a transparency notification
Brussels, August 8, 2016 – Telenet Group Holding NV ("Telenet" or the "Company") (Euronext Brussels: TNET) hereby discloses the following information in accordance with Article 14, first paragraph, of the Law of May 2, 2007 and the related Royal Decree of February 14, 2008:
1. Summary of the notification
On August 2, 2016, Telenet received a transparency notification from BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliated companies (hereafter "BlackRock") in accordance with Article 6 of the Law of May 2, 2007. This transparency notification shows that following the acquisition by Blackrock of shares holding voting rights in Telenet on July 28, 2016, Blackrock now holds 3,54% of the voting rights of Telenet. BlackRock has therefore exceeded the 3% threshold.
2. Contents of the notification
The notification received from BlackRock and dated August 2, 2016 contains the following information:
- Purpose of the notification Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
- Notification by A parent undertaking or a controlling person
- Persons obligated to notify
- BlackRock Inc.
- with registered address at 55 East 52nd Street, New York NY 10055, U.S.A.
- BlackRock Advisors, LLC with registered address at 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE, 19809, U.S.A.
- BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited with registered address at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
- BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited with registered address at 161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada
- BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG with registered address at Max-Joseph Straße 6, Munich, 80333, Germany
- BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited
- with registered address at JPMorgan House, International Financial Services Centre, Dublin, 1, Ireland
- BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited
- with registered address at 15/F,16/F,17/F Champion Tower&17/F ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central Hong Kong
- BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG
- with registered address Bahnhofstraße 54, Zurich, 8001, Switzerland
- BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. with registered address at 55 East 52nd Street, New York NY, 10055, U.S.A.
- BlackRock Fund Advisors
- with registered address at 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.
- BlackRock Fund Managers Limited with registered address at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
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BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association with registered address at 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.
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BlackRock International Limited
- with registered address at Exchange Place One, 1 Semple Streetn Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, U.K.
- BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
- with registered address at 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ, 8540, U.S.A.
- BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited with registered address at Level 26, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
- BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited with registered address at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
- BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. with registered address at 1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-8217, Japan
- BlackRock Life Limited with registered address at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
- BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A. with registered address at 6D, Route de Trèves, Senningerberg, L-2633, Luxembourg
- BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. with registered address at Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- BlackRock (Singapore) Limited with registered address at 20 Anson Road #18-01, Singapore, 79912, Singapore
- iShares (DE) I Investmentaktiengesellschaft mit Teilgesellschaftsvermögen with registered address at Max-Joseph Straße 6, Munich, 80333, Germany
- Transaction date
July 28, 2016.
• Exceeded threshold
3%.
• Denominator
117,303,687.
• Details of the notification
| A) Voting rights |
Previous notification | After the transaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # voting rights | # of voting rights | % of voting rights | |||
| Holders of voting rights | Linked to | Not linked to | Linked to | Not linked to | |
| securities | the securities | securities | the securities | ||
| BlackRock, Inc | 0 | 0% | |||
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 43,887 | 0.04% | |||
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 21,619 | 0.02% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
27,714 | 0.02% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
86,388 | 0.07% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited |
312,579 | 0.27% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
1,269 | 0.00% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG |
251 | 0.00% | |||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
63,427 | 0.05% | |||
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 536,990 | 0.46% | |||
| BlackRock Fund Managers Limited | 437,231 | 0.37% | |||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
1,036,402 | 0.88% |
| BlackRock International Limited | 26,928 | 0.02% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Investment | 56,586 | 0.05% | |||
| Management, LLC | |||||
| BlackRock Investment | 28,282 | 0.02% | |||
| Management (Australia) Limited | |||||
| BlackRock Investment | 87,595 | 0.07% | |||
| Management (UK) Limited | |||||
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 65,702 | 0.06% | |||
| BlackRock Life Limited | 146,823 | 0.13% | |||
| BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A. | 1,151,220 | 0.98% | |||
| BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | 8,115 | 0.01% | |||
| BlackRock (Singapore) Limited | 5,139 | 0.00% | |||
| iShares (DE) I | 4,787 | 0.00% | |||
| Investmentaktiengesellschaft mit | |||||
| Teilgesellschaftsvermögen | |||||
| TOTAL | 4,148,934 | 0 | 3.54% | 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 |
| TOTAL (in relation to all expiration dates) |
0 | 0.00% |
| TOTAL (voting rights & equivalent | # of voting rights | % of voting |
|---|---|---|
| financial instruments) | rights | |
| 4,148,934 | 3.54% |
• Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held
BlackRock, Inc. is the ultimate controller but the legal entities listed above under Persons obligated to notify are the discretionary Investment Managers who hold the shares and exercise the voting rights.
The full text of this notification is also available on our investor website: http://investors.telenet.be
| Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Investor Relations: | Rob Goyens | – [email protected] | – Phone: +32 15 333 054 |
| Thomas Deschepper | – [email protected] | – Phone: +32 15 366 645 | |
| Press & Media Relations: | Stefan Coenjaerts | – [email protected] | – Phone: +32 15 335 006 |
| Legal: | Bart van Sprundel | – [email protected] | – Phone: +32 15 333 495 |
About Telenet – Telenet is a leading provider of media and telecommunication services. Its business comprises the provision of cable television, high speed internet and fixed and mobile telephony services, primarily to residential customers in Flanders and Brussels. In addition, Telenet offers services to business customers across Belgium under the brand Telenet Business. Telenet is listed on the Euronext Brussels Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TNET and is part of the BEL20 stock market index.
Additional Information – Additional information on Telenet and its products can be obtained from the Company's website http://www.telenet.be. Further information regarding the operating and financial data presented herein can be downloaded from the investor relations pages of this website. The Company's Consolidated Annual Report 2015 as well as unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and presentations related to the financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2016 have been made available on the investor relations pages of the Company's website (http://investors.telenet.be).
This document has been released on August 8, 2016 at 6:00 pm CET.