REGULATED INFORMATION – Disclosure of a transparency notification (Article 14, first paragraph, of the Act of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of major shareholdings)

Leuven, Belgium – 5 November 2026 – 17:30 CET, Option NV, Geldenaaksebaan 329, 3001 Heverlee (Euronext Brussels: OPTI) – received on 4  November  2026 a transparency notification from GM-Invest NV indicating that the participation threshold of 3% has been undercut. The relevant details of this transparency notification are as follows:

Reason for notification:
Acquisition or transfer of voting securities or voting rights and crossing of the lowest threshold.

Notification by:
A parent undertaking or a controlling person.

Person subject to notification:

GM-Invest NV – Filips de Goedekaai 82 bus 101, 9000 Gent

Jozef MAES

Date of threshold crossing:
30/04/2026

Threshold crossed:  
This resulted in the threshold of 3% being crossed.

Denominator: total number of shares:
2.534.641

A) Voting rights

Previous notification

After the transaction

 

#  Voting rights

#  Voting rights

%  Voting rights

Holders of voting rights

 

Linked to securities

Separate from securities

Linked to securities

Separate from securities

Jozef Maes

0

0

0

0.00%

0.00%

GM-Invest NV

135.000.000

0

0

0.00%

0.00%

 

TOTAL

0

0

0.00%

0.00%

Detail of the notification

Full chain of controlled companies through which the shareholding is actually held:
Jozef Maes  controls GM-Invest NV.

Additional information:
More details are available on the OPTION website: https://www.option.com/.

In accordance with the articles of association, the threshold above which a shareholding must be disclosed has been set at 3%.

 

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CONTACT

Erwin Laureys
Geldenaaksebaan 329
B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
TEL: +32 (0) 16 31 74 11
E-mail: investor@option.com
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