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Telenet Group Holding NV

Major Shareholding Notification May 6, 2020

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Major Shareholding Notification

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PRESS RELEASE

Disclosure of a transparency notification

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

Mechelen, 6 May 2020 – 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 27 April 2020 it received a transparency notification dated 27 April 2020 from BlackRock, Inc., BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V., BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited, BlackRock Advisors, LLC, BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited, 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.

In its notification dated 27 April 2020, received on 27 April 2020, BlackRock Inc. reports that its total participation in Telenet (aggregated with its controlled undertakings listed above) has dropped below the 3% threshold on 24 April 2020.

The transparency notification received on 27 April 2020 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 rights
Downward crossing of the lowest threshold
Notification by
A parent undertaking 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. 17th
Rembrandt
Tower,
floor,
Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited 12
Throgmorton
Avenue,
London,
EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY,
10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock Asset Management Canada
Limited
BlackRock Asset Management North
Asia Limited
161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto,
Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada
15/F, 16/F, 17/F Citibank Tower & 17/F
ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central,
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Hong Kong
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,
National Association
BlackRock International Limited
BlackRock
Investment
Management
(Australia) Limited
400 Howard Street, San Francisco,
CA, 94105, U.S.A.
Exchange
Place
One,
1
Semple
Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, U.K.
Level
26,
101
Collins
Street,
Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited BlackRock Investment Management, LLC BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. 1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust

12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ, 8540, U.S.A. Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-8217, Japan

  • Date on which the threshold is crossed 24 April 2020
  • Threshold that is crossed 3%
  • Denominator 114,656,785

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.
7,574 7,574 0.01%
BlackRock Advisors (UK)
Limited
528,596 561,777 0.49%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 19,426 19,426 0.02%
BlackRock Asset
Management Canada
Limited
34,795 34,795 0.03%
BlackRock Asset
Management North Asia
Limited
1,722 1,187 0.00%
BlackRock Financial
Management, Inc.
35,504 35,140 0.03%
BlackRock Fund Advisors 651,595 650,001 0.57%
BlackRock Institutional Trust
Company, National
Association
1,048,235 1,046,938 0.91%
BlackRock International
Limited
945 945 0.00%
BlackRock Investment
Management (Australia)
Limited
20,178 20,178 0.02%
BlackRock Investment
Management (UK) Limited
302,744 259,150 0.23%
BlackRock Investment
Management, LLC
134,230 82,696 0.07%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. 314,700 51,186 0.04%
Subtotal 3,100,244 2,770,993 2.42%
TOTAL 2,770,993 0 2.42% 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 78,758 0.07% physical
BlackRock Advisors, LLC Contract for
Difference
113,638 0.10% cash
BlackRock Financial
Management, Inc.
Contract for
Difference
16,134 0.01% cash
BlackRock Institutional Trust
Company, National
Association
Contract for
Difference
38,764 0.03% cash
BlackRock Investment
Management (UK) Limited
Contract for
Difference
9,157 0.01% cash
BlackRock Investment
Management, LLC
Contract for
Difference
195,587 0.17% cash
TOTAL 452,038 0.39%
TOTAL (A & B) # of voting rights % of
voting
rights

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

3,223,031 2.81%

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 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 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 this notification is also available on our investor website: https://investors.telenet.be.

Contacts
Investor Relations: Rob Goyens [email protected] +32 15 333 054
Bart Boone [email protected] +32 15 333 699
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 - one of the world's leading converged video, broadband and communications companies, innovating and empowering people in six countries across Europe to make the most of the digital revolution – owns a direct stake of 57.9% 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 2019 as well as unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and presentations related to the financial results for three months ended March 31, 2020 have been made available on the investor relations pages of the Company's website (https://investors.telenet.be).

This document has been released on 6 May 2020 at 6:00 pm CET

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