Transparency notification

24 May 2024

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Antwerp (Belgium), May 24, 2024 – 6:00 pm CET – In accordance with Article 14 of the Belgian Transparency law of May 2, 2007, Azelis Group NV (the Company) announces that it has received the following transparency notification on May 22, 2024:

·       Transparency notification from Public Sector Pension Investment Board/PSP Investments Holding Europe Ltd.

 1.      Summary of the notification 

Public Sector Pension Investment Board and PSP Investments Holding Europe Ltd. reported in a notification dated May 22, 2024, that on May 21, 2024, following a disposal of voting securities, their shareholding decreased and crossed downwards the (lowest) threshold of 3.00% in Azelis Group NV.

 On May 21, 2024, Public Sector Pension Investment Board and PSP Investments Holding Europe Ltd. owned together 7,316,409 shares with voting rights, representing 2.9995% of the total number of shares issued by the Company (243,921,719),versus 11,951,409 shares representing 4.90% in their previous notification dated July 12, 2023.

 

2.      Content of the notification 

Reason for the notification 

Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights

 

Notification by 

A parent undertaking or a controlling person

 

Persons subject to the notification requirement 

Name

Address (for legal entities)

Public Sector Pension Investment Board

1250 René-Lévesque Boulevard West, Suite 1400

Montréal, Québec, Canada H3B 5E9

PSP Investments Holding Europe Ltd

10 Bressenden Place 8th Floor - London SW1E 5DH

United Kingdom

 

Date on which the threshold is crossed 

May 21, 2024

 

Threshold that is crossed (in %) 

3%

 

Denominator

243,921,719

 

Notified Details

A) Voting rights

Previous notification

After the transaction

 

# voting rights

# voting rights

% voting rights

Holders of voting rights

 

Linked to securities

Not linked to securities

Linked to securities

Not linked to securities

 

Public Sector Pension Investment Board

 0

0

0

0.00%

 

 

PSP Investments Holding Europe Ltd

 11,951,409

7,316,409

2.9995%

 

 

Subtotal

11,951,409 

7,316,409

 0

2.9995%

 

 

 

TOTAL

7,316,409

0

2.9995%

0.00%

 

 

B) Equivalent financial instruments

After the transaction

Holders of equivalent financial instruments

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise period or date

# voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised

% voting rights

Settlement

  

 

 

 

0,00%

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

0,00%

 

 

 

TOTAL (A & B)

 

 

# of voting rights

% of voting rights

 
   

CALCULATE

7,316,409

2.9995%

 

  

Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

PSP Investments Holding Europe Ltd is controlled by Public Sector Pension Investment Board. All of the shares of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board are directly held by the Government of Canada (his Majesty in right of Canada), by the President of the Treasury Board of Canada, a Canadian Cabinet Minister. The shares are held by the Minister as a fiduciary on behalf of His Majesty the King in right of Canada, and as a formal requirement of the ministerial office of the President of the Treasury Board, and do not represent any control of PSPIB by the Minister, as these shares are non-voting.

3.      Further information

The full transparency notification as well as this press release can be consulted on the Azelis Group NV’s website.

For more information, please contact:

Azelis
investor-relations@azelis.com