• Press Release
  • Mortsel - Belgium
  • December 6, 2016 5:40 PM CET

Norges Bank

(Article 14 of the law of May 2, 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings)

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 declarations:

Norges Bank has announced on December 5, 2016, that it holds a stake in Agfa-Gevaert as per November 30, 2016 of 8,554,553 voting rights or 4.98% (denominator is 171,851,042), thus crossing the threshold of 5% downwards. Also on December 5, 2016, Norges Bank announced that it holds a stake in Agfa-Gevaert as per December 1, 2016 of 10,261,992 voting rights or 5.97% (denominator is 171,851,042), thus crossing the threshold of 5% upwards again.

Norges Bank is the central bank of Norway. As part of its central bank activities, Norges Bank manages Norway's foreign exchange reserves and is responsible for the management of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG). The formal responsibility for the management of the GPFG is placed with the Ministry of Finance, but is delegated to Norges Bank. All investments are executed by Norges Bank acting as principal and all holdings are registered in the name of Norges Bank.

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.


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