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Telenet Group Holding NV

Major Shareholding Notification Jul 11, 2019

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Major Shareholding Notification

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PRESS RELEASE

The enclosed information constitutes regulated information as defined in the Royal Decree of 14 November 2007 regarding the duties of issuers of financial instruments admitted to trading on a regulated market.

Disclosure of a transparency notification

Brussels, 11 July 2019 – 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 9 July 2019 and on 10 July 2019, it received two transparency notification dated 8 July 2019 and 9 July 2019 respectively from BlackRock, Inc., BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V., BlackRock (Singapore) Limited, BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited, BlackRock Advisors, LLC, BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited, BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG, BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., BlackRock Fund Advisors, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association, BlackRock International Limited, BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd., in accordance with articles 6 and 18 of the Law of 2 May 2007.

  • (1) In its notification dated 8 July 2019, received on 9 July 2019, BlackRock, Inc. reports that its total holdings in Telenet (aggregated with its controlled undertakings listed above) has exceeded the 3% threshold on 5 July 2019.
  • (2) In its notification dated 9 July 2019, received on 10 July 2019, BlackRock, Inc. reports that its total holdings in Telenet (aggregated with its controlled undertakings listed above) has dropped below the 3% threshold on 8 July 2019.

1. TRANSPARENCY NOTIFICATION RECEIVED ON 9 JULY 2019, DATED 8 JULY 2019, THRESHOLD CROSSING ON 5 JULY 2019

The transparency notification received on 9 July 2019 contains the following information:

  • Reason for the notification Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights Acquisition or disposal of financial instruments that are treated as voting securities
  • Notification by

A parent company or a controlling person

Persons subject to the notification requirement
BlackRock, Inc. 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY,
10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. Rembrandt
Tower,
17th
floor,
Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited 20 Anson Road #18-01, Singapore,
79912, Singapore
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited 12
Throgmorton
Avenue,
London,
EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington,
DE, 19809, U.S.A.
BlackRock Asset Management Canada 161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto,
Limited Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada
BlackRock
Asset
Management
Lenbachplatz 1, 1st
floor, Munich,
Deutschland AG 80333-MN3, Germany

  • Date on which the threshold is crossed 5 July 2019
  • Threshold that is crossed 3%
  • Denominator 115,835,283
  • Notified details
A) Voting rights Previous notification After the transaction
# voting rights # of voting rights % of voting rights
Holders of voting rights Linked to
securities
Not linked to
the securities
Linked to
securities
Not linked
to the
securities
BlackRock, Inc. 0 0 0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands)
B.V.
8,524 8,524 0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore)
Limited
1,907 1,907 0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK)
Limited
634,632 697,677 0.60%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 26,191 26,191 0.02%
BlackRock Asset
Management Canada
Limited
31,446 31,446 0.03%
BlackRock Asset
Management Deutschland
AG
88,303 107,732 0.09%
BlackRock Asset
Management North Asia
Limited
360 360 0.00%
BlackRock Capital
Management, Inc.
4 0 0.00%
BlackRock Financial
Management, Inc.
2,257 2,257 0.00%
BlackRock Fund Advisors 558,759 558,147 0.48%
BlackRock Institutional Trust
Company, National
Association
809,669 810,325 0.70%
BlackRock International
Limited
1,045 1,045 0.00%
BlackRock Investment
Management (Australia)
Limited
11,369 11,369 0.01%
BlackRock Investment
Management (UK) Limited
879,774 958,373 0.83%
BlackRock Investment
Management, LLC
72,790 72,750 0.06%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. 29,709 68,060 0.06%
Subtotal 3,156,739 3,356,163 2.90%
TOTAL 3,356,163 0 2.90% 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
BlackRock Advisors (UK)
Limited
Securities Lent 49,220 0.04% Physical
BlackRock Investment
Management (UK) Limited
Securities Lent 10,605 0.01% Physical
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. Securities Lent 1,826 0.00% Physical
BlackRock Advisors (UK)
Limited
Contract for
Difference
1,620 0.00% Cash
BlackRock Institutional Trust
Company, National
Association
Contract for
Difference
18,642 0.02% Cash
BlackRock Investment
Management (UK) Limited
Contract for
Difference
400 0.00% Cash
BlackRock Investment
Management, LLC
Contract for
Difference
73,783 0.06% Cash
TOTAL 156.096 0.13%
TOTAL (A & B) # of voting rights % of
voting
rights
3,512,259 3.03%

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held

Name

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock HK Holdco Limited BlackRock Lux Finco S.a.r.l. BlackRock Japan Holdings GK BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

BlackRock, Inc. Trident Merger, LLC BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd. BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock HK Holdco Limited BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Canada Holdings LP BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc. BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited

BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

Additional information

The disclosure obligation arose due to total holdings in Telenet for BlackRock, Inc. going above 3%.

2. TRANSPARENCY NOTIFICATION RECEIVED ON 10 JULY 2019, DATED 9 JULY 2019, THRESHOLD CROSSING ON 8 JULY 2019

The transparency notification received on 10 July 2019 contains the following information:

  • Reason for the notification Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights Downward crossing of the lowest threshold
  • Notification by A parent company or a controlling person
Persons subject to the notification requirement
BlackRock, Inc. 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY,
10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. Rembrandt
Tower,
17th
floor,
Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited 20 Anson Road #18-01, Singapore,
79912, Singapore
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited 12
Throgmorton
Avenue,
London,
EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington,
DE, 19809, U.S.A.
BlackRock Asset Management Canada 161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto,
Limited Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada
BlackRock
Asset
Management
Lenbachplatz 1, 1st
floor, Munich,
Deutschland AG 80333-MN3, Germany
BlackRock Asset Management North 15/F, 16/F, 17/F Citibank Tower & 17/F
Asia Limited ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central,
Hong Kong
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY,
10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock Fund Advisors 400 Howard Street, San Francisco,
CA, 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, 400 Howard Street, San Francisco,
National Association CA, 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock International Limited Exchange
Place
One,
1
Semple
Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, U.K.
BlackRock
Investment
Management
Level
26,
101
Collins
Street,
(Australia) Limited Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
BlackRock
Investment
Management
12
Throgmorton
Avenue,
London,
(UK) Limited EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock
Investment
Management,
1 University Square Drive, Princeton,
LLC
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.
NJ, 8540, U.S.A.
1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust
Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-8217, Japan
  • Date on which the threshold is crossed 8 July 2019
  • Threshold that is crossed

3%

Denominator

115,835,283

Notified details

A) Voting rights Previous notification After the transaction
# voting rights # of voting rights % of voting rights
Holders of voting rights Linked to
securities
Not linked to
the securities
Linked to
securities
Not linked
to the
securities
BlackRock, Inc. 0 0 0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands)
B.V.
8,524 8,524 0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore)
Limited
1,907 1,907 0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK)
Limited
697,677 679,697 0.59%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 26,191 26,191 0.02%
BlackRock Asset
Management Canada
Limited
31,446 31,446 0.03%
BlackRock Asset
Management Deutschland
AG
107,732 88,380 0.08%
BlackRock Asset
Management North Asia
Limited
360 360 0.00%
BlackRock Financial
Management, Inc.
2,257 2,257 0.00%
BlackRock Fund Advisors 558,147 558,147 0.48%
BlackRock Institutional Trust
Company, National
Association
810,325 810,678 0.70%
BlackRock International
Limited
1,045 1,045 0.00%
BlackRock Investment
Management (Australia)
Limited
11,369 11,369 0.01%
BlackRock Investment
Management (UK) Limited
958,373 865,020 0.75%
BlackRock Investment
Management, LLC
72,750 72,750 0.06%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. 68,060 59,147 0.05%
Subtotal 3,356,163 3,216,918 2.78%
TOTAL 3,216,918 0 2.78% 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
BlackRock Advisors (UK)
Limited
Securities Lent 49,220 0.04% Physical
BlackRock Investment
Management (UK) Limited
Securities Lent 10,605 0.01% Physical
BlackRock Japan Co. Ltd. Securities Lent 1,826 0.00% Physical
BlackRock Advisors (UK)
Limited
Contract for
Difference
1,620 0.00% Cash
BlackRock Institutional Trust
Company, National
Association
Contract for
Difference
21.876 0.02% Cash
BlackRock Investment
Management (UK) Limited
Contract for
Difference
400 0.00% Cash
BlackRock Investment
Management, LLC
Contract for
Difference
73.783 0.06% Cash
TOTAL 159,330 0.14%
TOTAL (A & B) # of voting rights % of
voting
rights
3,376,248 2.91%

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held

Name

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock HK Holdco Limited BlackRock Lux Finco S.a.r.l. BlackRock Japan Holdings GK BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

BlackRock, Inc. Trident Merger, LLC BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd. BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.

BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock HK Holdco Limited BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Canada Holdings LP BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc. BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Cayman 1 LP BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

Additional information

The disclosure obligation arose due to total holdings for BlackRock, Inc. going below 3%.

The full text of these notifications is also available on our investor website: http://investors.telenet.be.

Contacts
Investor Relations: Rob Goyens [email protected] +32 15 333 054
Bart Boone [email protected] +32 15 333 699
Dennis Dendas [email protected] +32 15 332 142
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. Liberty Global - the world's largest international TV and broadband company, investing, innovating and empowering people in more than 10 countries across Europe to make the most of the digital revolution – owns a direct stake of 57.3% in Telenet Group Holding SA/NV (excluding any treasury shares held by the latter from time to time).

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 2018 as well as unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and presentations related to the financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2019 have been made available on the investor relations pages of the Company's website (http://investors.telenet.be).

This document has been released on 11 July 2019 at 6:00 pm CET

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