Press Release Biocartis NV: Disclosure of a transparency notification

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12 December 2019, 07:00 CET

Disclosure of a transparency notification

Mechelen, Belgium, 12 December 2019 – Biocartis Group NV (the ‘Company’ or ‘Biocartis’), an innovative molecular diagnostics company (Euronext Brussels: BCART), announces today, in accordance with Article 14, paragraph 1 of the Belgian Act of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of major shareholdings in issuers whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market (the ‘Belgian Transparency Act’), that on 10 December 2019 it received a transparency notification dated 10 December 2019 (the ‘Notification’), indicating that on 6 December 2019 the shareholding of Sycomore Asset Management SA decreased below the 3% notification threshold. Sycomore Asset Management SA now holds 2.99% of the voting rights in Biocartis.

The Notification contains the following information:

• Reason for the Notification: Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights.
   
• Notification by: A person that notifies alone. Downward crossing of the lowest threshold.
   
• Person subject to the notification requirement: Sycomore Asset Management SA, 14 avenue Hoche, 75008 Paris, France.
   
• Transaction date: 6 December 2019.
   
• Threshold that is crossed: 3%.
   
• Denominator: 56,382,088.
  
  
• Details of the Notification: Sycomore Asset Management SA holds 1,684,620 voting securities.
   
• Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively being held: This position is held by funds and mandates managed by Sycomore Asset Management SA. Sycomore Asset Management SA is controlled by Sycomore Factory SAS, a majority of which is held by Generali Investments Holding S.p.A. The latter is jointly held by Generali Deutschland AG, Generali France SA and Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. Generali Deutschland AG and Generali France SA are controlled by Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A., the ultimate parent company.
   
• Additional information: Sycomore Asset Management SA can exercise the voting rights in its discretion absent any specific voting instructions. Sycomore Asset Management SA has used the exemption of the obligation to aggregate the participations in accordance with article 21 of the Belgian Royal Decree of 14 February 2008 on the disclosure of major shareholdings.

For further information, reference is made to the Notification which is available here on the Biocartis website.

Pursuant to the Belgian Transparency Act and the articles of association of the Company, a notification to the Company and the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (‘FSMA’) is required by all natural and legal persons in each case where the percentage of voting rights in the Company held by such persons reaches, exceeds or falls below the threshold of 3%, 5%, 10%, and every subsequent multiple of 5%, of the total number of voting rights in the Company.

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About Biocartis 

Biocartis (Euronext Brussels: BCART) is an innovative molecular diagnostics (MDx) company providing next generation diagnostic solutions aimed at improving clinical practice for the benefit of patients, clinicians, payers and industry. Biocartis' proprietary MDx Idylla™ platform is a fully automated sample-to-result, real-time PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) system that offers accurate, highly reliable molecular information from virtually any biological sample in virtually any setting. Biocartis is developing and marketing a continuously expanding test menu addressing key unmet clinical needs in oncology. This represents the fastest growing segment of the MDx market worldwide. Today, Biocartis offers tests supporting melanoma, colorectal and lung cancer. More information: www.biocartis.com. Follow us on Twitter: @Biocartis_.

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