Ontex: Transparency Declaration Notification

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In accordance with the requirements of Article 14 of the Belgian Law of May 2, 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings in listed companies, Ontex Group NV (“Ontex”) discloses the notification of significant shareholdings that it has received on January 23, 2023.

On December 31, 2022, Guangchang Guo and Fosun International Holdings Ltd. detained 3,200,373 Ontex voting securities or voting rights, representing 3.89% of voting securities, and thereby crossed upward the threshold of 3%.

Notification Details

• 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:
  • Guangchang Guo
  • Fosun International Holdings Ltd., based at Vistra Corporate Services Centre, Wickhams Cay II, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110, British Virgin Islands
• Date of threshold crossing: December 31, 2022
• Threshold crossed: 3% upward
• Denominator on the date of notification: 82,347,218 shares
• Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held:

• Additional information: Migration of all funds managed by LOYS investment S.A. to Hauck & Aufhäuser Fund Services S.A. as of 31/12/2022. Hauck & Aufhäuser Fund Services S.A. is the discretionary investment manager and exercises the voting rights at its discretion in the absence of specific instructions.
• Date of declaration: January 23, 2023
• Details of the notification: