Transparency notifications BlackRock, Inc. |
Brussels (Belgium), 24 July 2018 – 20:00 (CEST) – regulated information 1. Summary of the notifications 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 decreased and has crossed downwards the 5% threshold on 18 July 2018. In the second 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 reached the 5% threshold on 19 July 2018. On 18 July 2018, BlackRock, Inc. (taking into account the holding of its affiliates) owned 9 012 183 UCB shares with voting rights (versus 8 982 056 shares in its previous notification dated 9 July 2018), representing 4.63% of the total number of shares issued by the company (194 505 658) (versus 4.62% in the notification dated 9 July 2018) as well as 672 027 equivalent financial instruments (versus 803 011 in its previous notification dated 9 July 2018) representing 0.35% of the total number of shares issued by the company (versus 0.41% in the notification dated 9 July 2018). On 19 July 2018, BlackRock, Inc. (taking into account the holding of its affiliates) owned 9 090 707 UCB shares with voting rights, representing 4.67% of the total number of shares issued by the company, as well as 636 167 equivalent financial instruments, representing 0.33% of the total number of shares issued by the company.
Please see the full chain of control in a PDF which is sent separately to this notification. 2.2 The first transparency notification dated 19 July 2018 included the following specific information:
The disclosure obligation arose due to total holding in voting rights for BlackRock, Inc. going below 5%. 2.3. The second transparency notification dated 20 July 2018 includes the following specific information:
The disclosure obligation arose due to total holding in voting rights for BlackRock, Inc. going above 5%. 3. Further information This press release and the detailed transparency notification are available on UCB SA/NV’s website via the following link.
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