EVS Broadcast Equipment: Publication of a transparency notification

EVS Broadcast Equipment has received a transparency notification dated March 14, 2017 indicating that Norges Bank now holds, by virtue of the acquisition of shares on March 13, 2017, 3.19% of the voting rights of the company. Norges Bank has therefore crossed up the threshold of 3%.

The notification, dated March 14, 2017, contains the following information:

Reason for the notification: acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
Notification by: a person that notifies alone
Persons subject to the notification requirement: Norges Bank, Bankplassen 2, PO Box 1179 Sentrum, Oslo, 0107, Norway
Transaction date: March 13, 2017
Threshold that is crossed (in %): 3%
Denominator: 13,625,000

Notified details:

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held:
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 management of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG). The formal responsibility for 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.

Additional information:
This notification was triggered by an increase in shares held as collateral.

This press release and the notification are available on the EVS website (www.evs.com).

Shareholders must declare their ownership in EVS shares as soon as their shareholding passes over/under the 3% threshold (required by Company Statutes) and any multiple of 5% thresholds (required by Belgian Law). Notifications of important shareholdings to be made according to the Law of May 2, 2007 and the EVS's bylaws, should be sent to the company (by email corpcom@evs.com or fax +32 4 361 7089) and to the FSMA. The current number of shares (denominator) to be taken into account is 13,625,000 shares.