REGULATED INFORMATION – Disclosure of a transparency notification (Article 14(1) of the Law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings)

 

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

www.opticrescent.com