Cofinimmo : BlackRock - Transparency notification

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Brussels, embargo until 10.12.2019, 5:40 PM CET

Publication of a transparency notification

(article 14, first paragraph of the Law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings)

1. Summary of the notification

Cofinimmo has received a transparency notification dated 05.12.2019 indicating that the group BlackRock, Inc. with registered offices at 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, USA now holds, by virtue of the acquisition or disposal of voting securities and equivalent financial instruments, 5,01% of the voting rights of the company. It has therefore crossed the 5% threshold upwards.

2. Content of the notification

The notification dated 05.12.2019 contains the following information:

• Raison for the notification: acquisition or disposal of voting securities and financial instruments that are treated as voting securities
• Notification by: a parent undertaking or a controlling person
• Persons subject to the notification requirement:

BlackRock, Inc.	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, USA
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	Rembrandt Tower, 7th floor, Amstelplein,
	Amsterdam, Netherlands
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, UK
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto,
	Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	Lenbachplatz 1 1st Floor, Munich, 80333-MN3, Germany
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	15/F, 16/F, 17/F Citibank Tower & 17/F ICBC Tower,
	3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, USA
BlackRock Fund Advisors	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, USA
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, USA
Association
BlackRock International Limited	Exchange Place One, 1 Semple Street,
	Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, UK
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia)	Level 26, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia
Limited
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, UK
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust Tower Main,
	Tokyo, 100-8217 Japan
BlackRock, Inc.	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, USA

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	Transaction date: 04.12.2019
 Threshold that is crossed: 5%
	Denominator: 25,849,283
	Notified details:
	A)	Voting rights
							Number of voting			Number of voting
	Holder						rights linked to			rights linked to					% of
						shares before the			shares after the				voting rights
							transaction			transaction
	BlackRock, Inc.					0	0				0.00%
	BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.					18,181		21,710				0.08%
	BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited					425,534		414,017				1.60%
	BlackRock Advisors, LLC					26,604		25,374				0.10%
	BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited					26,805		31,021				0.12%
	BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG					54,752		58,621				0.23%
	BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited					3,218		2,300				0.01%
	BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.					5,268		5,365				0.02%
	BlackRock Fund Advisors					226,716		261,865				1.01%
	BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National					339,541		346,680				1.34%
	Association
	BlackRock International Limited					11,453		13,082				0.05%
	BlackRock Investment Management (Australia)					5,990		7,028				0.03%
	Limited
	BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited					61,209		24,933				0.10%
	BlackRock Investment Management, LLC					108		0				0.00%
	BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.					19,302		15,541				0.06%
	Subtotal					1,224,681		1,227,537				4.75%
	B)	Equivalent financial instruments
											Number of voting rights					% of		Settlement
				Type of financial				linked to equivalent
	Holder								voting
				instrument				financial instruments
											rights
											after the transaction
	BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited		Securities lent					35,573			0.14%		Physical
	BlackRock Investment Management (UK)		Securities lent					31,050			0.12%		Physical
	Limited
	BlackRock Institutional Trust Company,		Contract For					2,176			0.01%		Cash
	National Association		Difference
							(CFD)
	Subtotal										68,799			0.27%
	TOTAL A + B										1,296,336			5.01%

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• Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held: the full chain of controlled undertakings was added to the notification.
• Additional information: the disclosure obligation arose due to total holdings in voting rights for BlackRock, Inc. going above 5%.

3. Miscellaneous

• This press release can be consulted on Cofinimmo's website underwww.cofinimmo.com/news-and-media/press-releases/.
• The full notification can be consulted on Cofinimmo's website underwww.cofinimmo.com/investors/shareholder-information/ownership/.

For more information:

Kenneth De Kegel

Communication & Shareholders Officer Tel.: [phone] [e-mail]

About Cofinimmo:

Cofinimmo has been acquiring, developing and managing rental properties for over 35 years. The company has a portfolio spread across Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain, with a value of more than 4.2 billion EUR. With attention to social developments, Cofinimmo has the mission of making high-quality care, living and working environments available to its partners-tenants, from which users benefit directly. 'Caring, Living and Working - Together in Real Estate' is the expression of this mission. Thanks to its expertise, Cofinimmo has built up a healthcare real estate portfolio of 2.4 billion EUR in Europe.

As an independent company that applies the highest standards of corporate governance and sustainability, Cofinimmo offers its tenants services and manages its portfolio through a team of over 130 employees in Brussels, Paris, Breda and Frankfurt.

Cofinimmo is listed on Euronext Brussels (BEL20) and benefits from the REIT system in Belgium (RREC), France (SIIC) and the Netherlands (FBI). Its activities are supervised by the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), the Belgian regulator.

On 30.11.2019, Cofinimmo's total market capitalisation stood at 3.4 billion EUR. The company applies an investment policy aimed at offering a socially responsible, long-term,low-risk investment that generates a regular, predictable and growing dividend.

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