Agfa-Gevaert: Publication of a transparency notification (AOC) –
Regulated information
(Article 14 of the law of May 2, 2007 on the disclosure of
significant shareholdings)
Mortsel, Belgium – October 11, 2019 – 5.40 p.m. CET
According to Agfa-Gevaert NV’s bylaws, the threshold as from
which a shareholding needs to be disclosed, has been set at 3%, 5%
and a multiple of 5%.
In conformity with the Law of May 2, 2007 regarding the
disclosure of significant shareholdings in listed companies,
Agfa-Gevaert (Euronext: AGFB) discloses the following
declaration:
Active Ownership Capital S.à.r.l. has announced on April
18, 2019, that it managed a stake in Agfa-Gevaert as per April 12,
2019 of 23,069,853 voting rights or 13.42% (denominator is
171,851,042).
On this date, AOC Value S.A.S. individually held 13,402,784
voting rights or 7.80%.
On April 12, 2019, Active Ownership Fund SICAV-FIS SCS
contributed 4,535,000 shares already held by it in Agfa-Gevaert NV
to AOC Technology S.A.S., as a result of which AOC Technology
S.A.S. directly holds 9,667,069 voting rights or 5.63% of
Agfa-Gevaert, thus crossing the 5% threshold upwards.
The total amount of voting rights held by the controlled
undertakings as described below equals 13.42%.
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the
holding is effectively held
On June 25, 2018, AOC Technology S.A.S., AOC Value S.A.S. and
Active Ownership Fund SICAV-FIS SCS concluded an acting in concert
agreement regarding the exercise of their voting rights in the
issuer, Agfa-Gevaert NV. AOC Technology S.A.S. and AOC Value S.A.S.
are both controlled by Active Ownership Fund SICAV-FIS SCS.
Active Ownership Fund SICAV-FIS SCS was managed by Active
Ownership Capital S.à.r.l., which is jointly controlled by two
shareholders, Active Ownership Advisors GmbH and Active Ownership
Investments Ltd. Active Ownership Advisors GmbH is controlled by
Florian Schuhbauer. Active Ownership Investments Ltd. is controlled
by Tamlino Import & Advisory LP, which is controlled by Tamlino
lnvestmenls Ltd., which is controlled by Klaus Röhrig.
On October 1, 2019 however, an agreement was concluded by Active
Ownership Fund SICAV-FIS SCS regarding the appointment of Active
Ownership Corporation S.à.r.l. as AIFM for Active Ownership Fund
SICAV-FIS SCS. Pursuant to this agreement and appointment, Active
Ownership Corporation S.à.r.l. will exercise the voting rights with
respect to shares held by Active Ownership FUND SICAV-FIS SCS.
Active Ownership Corporation S.à.r.l. is jointly controlled by
Active Ownership Advisors GmbH and Active Ownership Investments
Ltd. The control over these two shareholders has not changed since
the last notification and remains as described above.
The majority of the voting rights in AOC Technology S.A.S. and
AOC Value S.A.S. are exercised by Active Ownership Fund SICAV-FIS
SCS.
The exercise of the voting rights in Active Ownership Fund
SICAV-FIS SCS has been described above.
AOC Value S.A.S. and AOC Technology S.A.S. are sister companies,
both controlled by Active Ownership FUNS SICAV-FIS SCS.
Additional information
By way of clarification, this is a notification regarding a
transfer of voting rights. Because of an agreement regarding the
transfer of voting rights by an indirect shareholder, there is
indirectly a transfer of voting rights in the Issuer. More in
particular, this notification is filed because there is a transfer
of voting rights between Active Ownership Fund SICAV-FIS SCS and
Active Ownership Corporation S.à.r.l.
Active Ownership Fund SICAV-FIS has appointed Active Ownership
Corporation S.à.r.l. as AIFM pursuant to an agreement dated October
1, 2019. As a result of this agreement, Active Ownership
Corporation S.à.r.l. can exercise the voting rights held with
respect to shares held by Active Ownership Fund SICAV-FIS SCS in a
discretionary manner. Active Ownership Fund SICAV-FIS SCS
indirectly controls shares in the Issuer in accordance with the
full chain of control described above and is in turn controlled in
accordance with the description of the chain of control above.
Other than the aforementioned transfer of voting rights, there have
been no changes with respect to the control over the Issuer.
Notifications of important shareholdings to be made according to
the Law of May 2, 2007 or Agfa-Gevaert NV’s bylaws, should be sent
to viviane.dictus@agfa.com.
About Agfa The Agfa-Gevaert Group develops, manufactures
and distributes an extensive range of analogue and digital imaging
systems and IT solutions, mainly for the printing industry and the
healthcare sector, as well as for specific industrial
applications.
Agfa’s headquarters and parent company are located in Mortsel,
Belgium.
The Agfa-Gevaert Group achieved a turnover of 2,247 million euro
in 2018.
Contact:
Viviane Dictus
Director Corporate Communications
tel. ++32 0 3 444 7124
e-mail: viviane.dictus@agfa.com
- CO_20191010_AOC_NL
- CO_20191010_AOC_UK
AGFA Gevaert NV (EU:AGFB)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2024 to May 2024
AGFA Gevaert NV (EU:AGFB)
Historical Stock Chart
From May 2023 to May 2024