Transparency notifications BlackRock, Inc. |
Brussels (Belgium), 5 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 2 transparency notifications from BlackRock, Inc. (having its registered office at 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.), dated 3 October and 4 October 2018 respectively. In the first 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 2 October 2018. In the second 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 3 October 2018. On 2 October 2018, BlackRock, Inc. (taking into account the holding of its affiliates) owned 9 314 285 UCB shares with voting rights (versus 9 160 827 shares in its previous notification), representing 4.79% of the total number of shares issued by the company (194 505 658) (versus 4.71% in its previous notification) as well as 523 694 equivalent financial instruments (versus 533 251 in its previous notification) representing 0.27% of the total number of shares issued by the company (same percentage as in its previous notification). On 3 October 2018, BlackRock, Inc. (taking into account the holding of its affiliates) owned 9 204 553 UCB shares with voting rights, representing 4.73% of the total number of shares issued by the company, as well as 518 658 equivalent financial instruments, representing 0.27% of the total number of shares issued by the company. 2.1 The information mentioned hereafter was identical in both notifications:
Please see the full chain of control in the ‘Chain of Control’ tab. 2.2 The first transparency notification dated 3 October 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 4 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 Investor Relations Isabelle Ghellynck, About UCB Open PDF of "Transparency Notification Oct 5 2018 ENG" |