Transparency notifications BlackRock, Inc. |
Brussels (Belgium), 2 October 2018 – 20:00 (CEST) – regulated information 1. Summary of the notifications Pursuant to Article 14 of the law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of large shareholdings, UCB SA/NV announces that it has received 4 transparency notifications from BlackRock, Inc. (having its registered office at 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.), dated 26, 27, 28 September and 1 October 2018 respectively. In the first and third notification BlackRock, Inc. has notified that, following an acquisition of UCB shares with voting rights and a disposal of equivalent financial instruments by its affiliates, its total holding in UCB SA/NV has increased and has crossed the 5% threshold on 25 September and 27 September 2018 respectively. In the second and fourth notification, BlackRock, Inc. has notified that, following a disposal of UCB shares with voting rights and of equivalent financial instruments by its affiliates, its total holding in UCB SA/NV has decreased and has crossed downwards the 5% threshold on 26 and 28 September 2018 respectively. On 25 September 2018, BlackRock, Inc. (taking into account the holding of its affiliates) owned 9 160 060 shares with voting rights (versus 9 008 133 shares in its previous notification), representing 4.71% of the total number of shares issued by the company (194 505 658) (versus 4.63% in its previous notification) as well as 589 844 equivalent financial instruments (versus 630 622 in its previous notification) representing 0.30% of the total number of shares issued by the company (versus 0.32% in its previous notification). On 28 September 2018, BlackRock, Inc. (taking into account the holding of its affiliates) owned 9 160 827 UCB shares with voting rights, representing 4.71% of the total number of shares issued by the company, as well as 533 251 equivalent financial instruments, representing 0.27% of the total number of shares issued by the company. 2. Content of the notifications 2.1 The information mentioned hereafter was identical in all notifications:
Please see the full chain of control in the ‘Chain of Control’ tab. 2.2 The first transparency notification dated 26 September 2018 included the following specific information:
The disclosure obligation arose due to total holding in voting rights for BlackRock, Inc. going above 5%. 2.3. The second transparency notification dated 27 September 2018 includes the following specific information:
The disclosure obligation arose due to total holding in voting rights for BlackRock, Inc. going below 5%. 2.4. The third transparency notification dated 28 September 2018 includes the following specific information:
The disclosure obligation arose due to total holding in voting rights for BlackRock, Inc. going above 5%. 2.5. The fourth transparency notification dated 1 October 2018 includes the following specific information:
The disclosure obligation arose due to total holding in voting rights for BlackRock, Inc. going below 5%. 3. Further information This press release and the detailed transparency notifications are available on UCB SA/NV’s website via the following link. About UCB
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