Disclosure of a transparency notification
Wednesday 29 May 2024
Press release: Transparency Notification
Brussels, 29 May 2024 – 17.45 (Belgian time)
Regulated information
bpostgroup.com
(Article 14, 1st paragraph, of the Law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings)
1. Summary of the notification
bpost received a transparency notification dated 27 May 2024 from the following two shareholders: the Belgian State and the Société Fédérale de Participations et d'Investissement SA/NV, as set out in detail below. All shares of the Société Fédérale de Participations et d'Investissement SA/NV are held by the Belgian State.
The transparency notification demonstrates that the Société Fédérale de Participations et d'Investissement SA/NV, pursuant to the acquisition of shares on 22 May 2024, now owns 51.04% of the voting rights of bpost SA/NV. As a consequence, the Société Fédérale de Participations et d'Investissement crossed the threshold of 50% upwards.
The acquisition resulted from a contribution in the Société Fédérale de Participations et d'Investissement SA/NV by the Belgian State of the 48,263,200 shares that the Belgian State held in bpost SA/NV, in the context of a capital increase by contribution in kind.
The transparency notification also demonstrates that the Belgian State, pursuant to the contribution in kind on 22 May 2024, now owns no direct voting rights of bpost SA/NV.
2. Notification
The notification dated 27 May 2024 contains the following information:
- Reason for the notification:
Acquisition or transfer of voting securities or voting rights
- Notification by:
A parent enterprise or a person having control
- Persons subject to the notification requirement:
- The Belgian State (Cabinet de la Ministre des Entreprises Publiques, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 50 box 155, 10th floor, 1000 Brussels)
- Société Fédérale de Participations et d’Investissement SA/NV (SFPIM) (Avenue Louise 32/4, 1050 Brussels)
- Transaction date:
22 May 2024
- Threshold that is crossed upwards or downwards (in %):
50
- Denominator:
200,000,944
- Notified details, full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held and additional information:
For the notified details, the full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held and additional information (if any), please refer to the transparency notification, which is attached to, and integrally forms part of, this press release.
3. Content of the notification
This press release can be consulted on bpost’s website at https://press.bpost.be/en.
The full text of the notification is attached to this press release and can be consulted on bpost’s website at https://bpostgroup.com/investors/transparency-declarations.
Notifications of significant shareholdings to be made according to the Law of 2 May 2007 and bpost’s articles of association, should be sent to investor.relations@bpost.be. Such notifications shall be made public through a press release and shall be posted online on https://bpostgroup.com/investors/transparency-declarations.
