(Article 14, first paragraph, of the law of 2 may 2007 on disclosure of major holdings)

Press release
Regulated information

 

11 September 2017, 17h45

On 7 September 2017, Kinepolis Group NV has received a transparency notification from BlackRock Inc., indicating that, by virtue of transactions in shares and equivalent financial instruments, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited has fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights attached to shares and equivalent financial instruments of Kinepolis Group NV.

The total holding of the controlled companies by BlackRock Inc. now amounts to 4.08%

Notification details:

Notification date:                                7 September 2017

Transaction date:                                6 September 2017

Relevant threshold:                              3%

Notification by:

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 Advisors (UK) Limited 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited 161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada
BlackRock Fund Advisors 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock International Limited Exchange Place One, 1 Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, U.K.
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited Level 37, Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.

Voting rights and equivalent financial instruments:

A) Voting rights Previous notification After the transaction
  # of 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. 2,056 2,056   0.01%  
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited 16,610 24,674   0.09%  
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited 935 1,483   0.01%  
BlackRock Fund Advisors 119,831 128,503   0.47%  
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association 80,172 76,243   0.28%  
BlackRock International Limited 54,664 55,970   0.20%  
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited 124 124   0.00%  
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited 685,190 668,190   2.44%  
Subtotal 959,582 957,333   3.50%  
TOTAL   957,333 0 3.50% 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     2,100 0.01% physical
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association Securities Lent     6,488 0.02% physical
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited Securities Lent     17,000 0.06% physical
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association Contract for Difference     2,201 0.01% cash
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited Contract for Difference     130,395 0.48% cash
TOTAL       158,184 0.58%  

TOTAL (A & B)      

 
# of voting rights % of voting rights
   

 
1,115,517 4.08%

The chain of controlled companies in which shares are actually held, is included in the aforementioned notification which can be consulted, together with this regulated release, on the website of Kinepolis Group via this link.

Total capital Kinepolis Group NV: 18,952,288.41 EUR
Number of securities with voting rights in Kinepolis Group NV: 27,365,197
Number of voting rights in Kinepolis Group NV: 27,365,197
In Article 8 of the Articles of Association of Kinepolis Group NV, the notification thresholds were fixed at 3%, 5% and multiples of 5%.

Contact

Kinepolis Investor Relations
+32 (0)9 241 00 22
investor-relations@kinepolis.com




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