Update of transparency notification UCB SA/NV

Participation on 5 January 2015 (pursuant to Article 14, §4, section 2 of the royal decree of 14 November 2008 on the disclosure of large shareholdings).

Brussels (Belgium), 9 January 2015 – 18:30 (CET) – regulated information

Pursuant to Article 14 of the law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of large shareholdings, UCB SA/NV announces that it has submitted an updated transparency notification to the FSMA.

The updated transparency notification has been submitted in accordance with Article 14, §4, section 2 of the royal decree of 14 November 2008 on the disclosure of large shareholdings, pursuant to which the information included in any previous transparency notification has to be updated on 31 December of each year:

(i) if assimilated financial instruments were exercised during the past calendar year, and

(ii) if assimilated financial instruments were not exercised on their expiry date without this resulting in a notification threshold being crossed downwards.

This update has been made, without any notification threshold having been crossed, with regard to certain assimilated financial instruments included in the previous transparency notification of 19 March 2014. To take into account the recent transactions of UCB SA/NV in its own shares (see the press release of 6 January 2015*, published on UCB SA/NV’s website), the transparency notification refers to the situation as per 5 January 2015.

The detailed transparency notification is available on UCB SA/NV’s website.

An updated overview of the UCB SA/NV large shareholdings will be included in the corporate governance charter of UCB SA/NV, which is available on its website.

* Please note that the number of UCB shares held by UCB NV/SA mentioned in the press release of 6 January 2015 (1,117,156) is incorrect: on 5 January 2015, UCB SA/NV owned 678,230 UCB shares, which represent 0.35% of the total number of shares (194,505,658).


For further information

Antje Witte,
Investor Relations, UCB
T +32.2.559.94.14, antje.witte@ucb.com

About UCB
UCB, Brussels, Belgium (www.ucb.com) is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative medicines and solutions to transform the lives of people living with severe diseases of the immune system or of the central nervous system. With 8700 people in approximately 40 countries, the company generated revenue of € 3.4 billion in 2013. UCB is listed on Euronext Brussels (symbol: UCB). Follow us on Twitter: @UCB_news

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