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Shareholder structure

In accordance with the notifications made in compliance with the law of 2 May 2007, the present UCB major shareholdings are:

UCB controlling and important shareholders as of
27 January 2012
  Capital  € 550 095 156
  Shares    183 365 052
1Financière de Tubize S.A. (Tubize)36.20%
2UCB S.A.2.18%
3UCB Fipar S.A.1.71%
4UCB SCA1 share
5 Schwarz Vermögensverwaltung GmbH1.35%
6Banque Degroof S.A.
through Degroof Corporate Finance S.A.
through Imofig S.A.
Levimmo S.A.
1.04%
7Compar Invest S.A.
through Compar Finance S.A. holds additionally 165 830 UCB shares outside the concert		1.04%
8

Pharmahold S.A.
through Cosylva S.A.
Pharmahold S.A. holds additionally 1 100 000 UCB shares outside the concert
Cosylva S.A. holds additionally 1 100 000 UCB shares outside the concert

2.07%
 Tubize + linked companies + concert 5-8 on the total of shares held in concert45.58%
9Capital Research and Management
Company (voting interests)
which include the UCB shares held by Euro Pacific Growth Fund wich exceed 3% of UCB share capital		11.84%


 

Tubize has declared acting in concert separately with Schwarz Vermögensverwaltung GmbH & Co KG; Degroof Corporate
Finance S.A., Levimmo S.A. et Imofig S.A.; Compar Finance S.A.; and Cosylva S.A. et Pharmahold S.A.

Shares held outside the concert by persons acting in concert with Financière de Tubize S.A.
1Compar Finance S.A.0.09%
2Pharmahold S.A.0.60%
3Cosylva S.A.0.60%
 Total voting rights held by persons acting
in concert with Tubize (within and without the concert) including Tubize
46.87%

The remaining of UCB shares are held by the public.

Communication by virtue of Article 74, §7 of the Law of 1 April 2007 relating to public takeover bids, made jointly by stable shareholders of UCB S.A.

UCB S.A. has received the communications made respectively on 22 November 2007, 17 December 2007 and 28 December 2007, by the following shareholders of UCB S.A., acting in concert, by virtue of Article 74, §7 of the Law of 1 April 2007.

In summary, on 1 September 2007, the voting rights of these shareholders of UCB S.A. were allocated as follows:

1Financière de Tubize S.A. 166 370 00036.20%
2Schwarz Vermögensverwaltung
GmbH & Co KG 2
9 885 618
5.39%
3UCB Fipar S.A. 33 176 578*1.73%
 Total voting rights79 432 19643.32%

  1. Financière de Tubize S.A. is neither exclusively (in fact or in law) nor jointly controlled in the meaning of the Companies code. However, it has to be kept in mind that more than 50% of its shareholding is held by:

    • Baron Daniel Janssen,
    • Financière Eric Janssen S.C.A. controlled by Mr. Eric Janssen in its quality of active partner (“beherende vennoot”/”associé commandité”)
    • Barnfin S.A. controlled by Mrs Jean van Rijckevorsel, born Paule Bridget Janssen,
    • Jonkheer Jean van Rijckevorsel,
    • Altai Invest S.A. controlled by Countess Diego du Monceau de Bergendal, born Evelyn Janssen

    which are acting in concert in the meaning of Article 3, §1, 5° of the Law of 1 April 2007

  2. Reduced to 9 102 658 on 15 December 2010, to 5 451 916 shares on 5 May 2011 and to 2 471 404 on 23 August 2011, representing 1.35%

  3. UCB Fipar S.A. is 100% controlled by UCB Belgium S.A., which is itself held up to 100% by UCB S.A.
    UCB S.A. is controlled in fact by Financière de Tubize S.A. holding 36.20% of its voting rights. On 5 May 2011, the shareholding of UCB Fipar S.A. was reduced to 3 149 755 shares; on 23 August 2011, it was reduced to 3 147 835, and on 5 October 2011 it was increased to 3 157 550, 

    on 30 November 2011 reduced to 3 153 950, and to
    3 138 750 on 22 December 2011, i.e. 1.71%.

The update of the figures in the table above are available under Major Shareholders

Roch Doliveux
UCB Chief Executive Officer

Person to whom the notifications should be sent:

Inge Basteleurs
Vice President & General Secretary
Allée de la Recherche 60
1070 Brussels, Belgium

Phone: +32 2 559 91 35
Fax : +32 2 559 98 00
inge.basteleurs@ucb.com