Leuven, Belgium – 13 August 2024 – 17:30 CET, Crescent NV – CRESCENT NV (EURONEXT: OPTI) – has received on the 13th of August 2024 a transparency notification from VAN ZELE HOLDING NV showing that the 30% shareholding threshold has been surpassed. The relevant details of this transparency notification are as follows:
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:
VAN ZELE HOLDING NV, 1880 KAPELLE-OP-DEN-BOS, Ipsvoordestraat 61
Eric VAN ZELE
Date of threshold crossing:
1/08/2024
Threshold exceeded:
As a result, the joint threshold of 30% was crossed upwards.
Denominator : Total number of shares:
1,994,069,717
Detail of notification:
| A) Voting rights | Previous notification | After the transaction | |||
| # voting rights | # voting rights | % voting rights | |||
| Holders of voting rights | Linked to securities | Separate from effects | Linked to securities | Separate from effects | |
| Eric VAN ZELE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| VAN ZELE HOLDING NV | 586,133,644 | 606,443,158 | 0 | 30,41% | 0.00% |
| TOTAL | 606,443,158 | 0 | 30,41% | 0.00% | |
Complete chain of controlled companies through which the shareholding is actually held:
Eric VAN ZELE controls VAN ZELE HOLDING NV.
Additional information:
The threshold of 30% was crossed upwards. Application of the exemption ex art 52, § 1, 7°, of the Takeover Decree of 27 April 2007 to the bid obligation is being used. The intention is to dispose of the surplus shareholding within a period of 12 months at the latest. The exceeding of the threshold is thus only temporary.
More details are available on CRESCENT’s website: https://www.crescent-ventures.com/.
In accordance with the Articles of Association, the threshold from which a holding 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
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