Disclosure pursuant the Law of May 2, 2007
PRESS RELEASE – Regulated information – Wetteren, 19 June 2013,
Disclosure pursuant the Law of May 2, 2007 –
Under article 9bis of the Articles of Association of smartphoto group NV, each holder of securities with voting rights must disclose whenever the number and percentage of the voting rights held, reaches or crosses the thresholds of 3%, 5% or some multiple of 5% of the total number of existing voting rights.
In accordance with article 14 and article 29 of the Law of May 2, 2007 governing the disclosure of major shareholdings in issuers whose shares are admitted for trading on a regulated market and laying down miscellaneous provisions, smartphoto group NV discloses the information included in the notification received:
Koramic Finance Company NV, Ter Bede Business Center, Kapel ter Bede 84, 8500 Kortrijk, controlled by Mr. Christian Dumolin, has notified the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) and smartphoto group NV that the percentage of the number of voting rights held has decreased below the statutory threshold of 5% on June 17, 2013.
Notification received on 17 June 2013:
Holders of voting rights Previous notification After the transaction
……………………………… # of voting rights # of voting rights % of voting rights
Koramic Finance Company NV 3,933,775 1,827,314 4.99%
Christian Dumolin
Ter Bede Business Center
Kapel ter Bede 84, 8500 Kortrijk
Total number of voting rights (the denominator): 36,619,505
Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held:
The shares are held directly by Koramic Finance Company NV. Koramic Finance Company NV is the direct subsidiary of Koramic Investment Group NV which in turn is a direct subsidiary of Koramic Holding NV. Koramic Holding NV is a subsidiary of Newport Investments SA whose majority shareholder is Mr. Christian Dumolin.
The notification received, of which all the information included in the notification is disclosed in this press release, is available on the corporate website of smartphoto group NV www.smartphotogroup.com under the heading Investors/ Transparency Legislation / Transparency declarations.
Notifications of major holdings or changes to such holdings, arising from the Law of 2 May 2007, and smartphoto group NV’s Articles of Association, should be sent to:
Maggy Van den Stock
e-mail: maggy.vandenstock@smartphoto.com
For additional information
Stef De corte, CEO
smartphoto group NV
Kwatrechtsteenweg 160
B- 9230 Wetteren
Tel. +32.9.365.98.10
E-mail: maggy.vandenstock@smartphoto.com – Internet: www.smartphotogroup.com
This press release is an English translation of the official Dutch version.