Major Shareholding Notification • Aug 28, 2017
Major Shareholding Notification
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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.
Brussels, 28 August 2017 – Telenet Group Holding NV ("Telenet" or the "Company") (Euronext Brussels: TNET) hereby discloses, in accordance with article 14, first paragraph of the Law of 2 May 2007, that on 28 August 2017, it received a transparency notification from Norges Bank in accordance with article 6 and 18 of the Law of 2 May 2007.
This transparency notification shows that following the disposal of shares with voting rights of Telenet on 25 August 2017, Norges Bank now holds 2.97% of the voting rights of Telenet. Norges Bank has therefore fallen below the 3% threshold.
The notification received from Norges Bank dated 28 August 2017, contains the following information:
| 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 | |
| securities | the securities | securities | to the | ||
| securities | |||||
| Norges Bank | 3,540,584 | 3,485,503 | 2.97% | ||
| TOTAL | 3,485,503 | 0 | 2.97% | 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 financial instruments) |
# of voting rights % of voting 3,485,503 |
rights 2.97% |
• Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held
Norges Bank is the central bank of Norway. As part of its central bank activities, Norges Bank manages Norway's foreign exchange reserves and is responsible for management of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG). The formal responsibility for management of the GPFG is placed with the Ministry of Finance, but is delegated to Norges Bank. All investments are executed by Norges Bank acting as principal and all holdings are registered in the name of Norges Bank.
The full text of this notification is also available on our investor website: http://investors.telenet.be.
| Investor Relations: | Rob Goyens | [email protected] | +32 15 333 054 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press & Media: | Stefan Coenjaerts | [email protected] | +32 15 335 006 |
| Legal: | Bart van Sprundel | [email protected] | +32 15 333 495 |
About Telenet – As a provider of entertainment and telecommunication services in Belgium, Telenet Group is always looking for the perfect experience in the digital world for its customers. Under the brand name Telenet, the company focuses on offering digital television, high-speed Internet and fixed and mobile telephony services to residential customers in Flanders and Brussels. Under the brand name BASE, it supplies mobile telephony in Belgium. The Telenet Business department serves the business market in Belgium and Luxembourg with connectivity, hosting and security solutions. More than 3,000 employees have one aim in mind: making living and working easier and more pleasant. Telenet Group is part of Telenet Group Holding NV and is quoted on Euronext Brussel under ticker symbol TNET. For more information, visit www.telenet.be. Telenet is 57% owned by Liberty Global the world's largest international TV and broadband company, investing, innovating and empowering people in more than 30 countries across Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean to make the most of the digital revolution.
Additional Information – Additional information on Telenet and its products can be obtained from the Company's website 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 2016 as well as unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and presentations related to the financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2017 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 28, 2017 at 18.10h CET
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