REGULATED INFORMATION
Disclosure of a transparency notification
(Article 14(1) of the Law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings)
Leuven, Belgium – 6 April 2021 – 6 p.m. – Crescent NV (EURONEXT: OPTI) – received a transparency notification from VAN ZELE HOLDING NV and Mr Eric VAN ZELE on 6 April 2021, demonstrating that the ownership threshold of 35% has been passively undercut. In addition, CRESCENT NV received a transparency notification from CRESCENT SMART LIGHTING BV, demonstrating that the 3% shareholding threshold has been undercut. The relevant information of this transparency notification is as follows :
TRANSPARENCY NOTIFICATION: VAN ZELE HOLDING NV & Mr ERIC VAN ZELE
Reason for notification :
Passive threshold undercutting.
Notification by :
A parent company or a controlling person.
Person subject to notification :
Eric VAN ZELE
VAN ZELE HOLDING NV, 1880 KAPELLE-OP-DEN-BOS, Ipsvoordestraat 61
Date of threshold crossing :
18/03/2021
Threshold exceeded :
As a result, the threshold of 35% was undercut.
Denominator: total number of shares :
1,646,439,345
Detail of the notification :
| A) Voting rights | Prior notification | After the transaction | |||
| # voting rights | # voting rights | % voting rights | |||
| Holders of voting rights | Related to securities | Not related to securities | Related to securities | Not related to securities | |
| Eric VAN ZELE | 88,170,895 | 79,858,495 | 0 | 4.85 % | 0.00 % |
| VAN ZELE HOLDING NV | 425,183,128 | 452,562,034 | 0 | 27.55 % | 0.00 % |
| Subtotal | 513,354,023 | 533,420,529 | 32.40% | ||
| TOTAL | 533,420,529 | 0 | 32.40% | 0.00 % | |
Chain of controlled companies through which the shareholding is effectively held :
Eric VAN ZELE controls VAN ZELE HOLDING NV which in turn controls CRESCENT NV.
Additional information :
Capital increase dated 18 March 2021.
TRANSPARENCY NOTIFICATION: CRESCENT SMART LIGHTING BV
Reason for notification :
Acquisition or transfer of voting securities or voting rights.
Notification by :
A parent company or a controlling person.
Person subject to notification :
Eric VAN ZELE
VAN ZELE HOLDING NV, 1880 KAPELLE-OP-DEN-BOS, Ipsvoordestraat 61
CRESCENT SMART LIGHTING BV, NL – 3824MB AMERSFOORT, Ariane 2
Date of threshold crossing :
29/07/2019
Threshold exceeded :
As a result, the threshold of 3% was undercut.
Denominator: total number of shares :
1,368,839,925
Detail of notification :
| A) Voting rights | Prior notification | After the transaction | |||
| # voting rights | # voting rights | % voting rights | |||
| Holders of voting rights | Related to securities | Not related to securities | Related to securities | Not related to securities | |
| Eric VAN ZELE | 33,925,170 | 88,170,895 | 0 | 6.44% | 0.00% |
| VAN ZELE HOLDING NV | 425,183,128 | 425,183,128 | 0 | 31.06% | 0.00% |
| CRESCENT SMART LIGHTING BV | 54,245,725 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0,00% |
| Subtotal | 513,354,023 | 513,354,023 | 37.50% | ||
| TOTAL | 513,354,023 | 0 | 37.50% | 0.00% | |
Chain of controlled companies through which the shareholding is effectively held :
Eric VAN ZELE controls VAN ZELE HOLDING NV which in turn controlled CRESCENT SMART LIGHTING BV until 29/07/2019.
More details are available on the website of CRESCENT:
https://www.option.com/about-investor/ & https://www.crescent-ventures.com/.
In accordance with the Articles of Association, the threshold above which a shareholding must be disclosed was set at 3%.
CONTACT
Edwin Bex
Gaston Geenslaan 14
B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
TEL: +32 (0) 16 31 74 11
E-mail: investor@option.com
