Shareholdings

Disclosure made according to the requirements of the Law of 2 May 2007

bpost (Euronext: bpost) discloses notifications of significant shareholdings that it has received according to the Belgian Law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings in listed companies.

According to its obligations under article 14 of the Belgian Law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings in listed companies, bpost publishes the content of the following notifications it has received.

On 26 June 2013, Post Invest Europe S.à.r.l (ultimately owned by CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS S.A. and Sunset S.à r.l., through a chain of control set forth in the notification) notified that its shareholding in bpost SA de droit public ("bpost") is above the 15% threshold. With 35,599,008 bpost shares in its possession on 21 June 2013 (date of listing of the bpost share on Euronext Brussels), Post Invest Europe S.à.r.l. has a participation of 17.80% of the shares with voting rights emitted by bpost.

As part of its notification, Post Invest Europe S.à.r.l. said that:

• in the framework of the over-allotment facility as set out in the initial public offering prospectus of 5 June 2013, it (i) lent 8,400,000 ordinary shares to the stabilisation manager, J.P. Morgan Securities PLC, and (ii) granted an over-allotment option to purchase up to 8,400,000 ordinary shares to J.P. Morgan Securities PLC;
• the results of the stabilisation and whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised, will be published in accordance with the applicable legal provisions at the end of the stabilisation period;
• if on 22 July 2013 the over-allotment option is not or only partially exercised and Post Invest Europe S.à.r.l. receives back part or all of the shares that were lent and as a result thereof crosses a notification threshold, it will make a new notification of major shareholding.

On 27 June 2013, the Belgian State and the Société Fédérale de Participation et d'Investissement SA (which is 100% owned by the Belgian State) ("SFPI") notified that their shareholding in bpost SA de droit public ("bpost") is above the 20% and 25% thresholds respectively. With respectively 48,263,200 and 51,737,760 bpost shares in their possession on 21 June 2013 (date of listing of the bpost share on Euronext Brussels), the Belgian State and the SFPI together have a participation of 50% (respectively of 24.13% and 25.87%) of the shares with voting rights emitted by bpost (which jointly represents 50% plus 488 shares).

The full text of these notifications has been posted on www.bpost.be/en/investors.

Notifications of important 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 their full text shall be posted on www.bpost.be/en/investors.