IBA – Transparency Notification

(Article 14, paragraph 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of major holdings)

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, May 19, 2020, 17.30

Summary of the notification

IBA (Ion Beam Application), the world’s leading provider of proton therapy solutions for the treatment of cancer, received a transparency notification dated May 18, 2020, from which it follows that, following a passive crossing of a threshold on April 30, 2020, Belgian Anchorage SCRL, including the voting rights of its subsidiary Belgian Leverage SA, now holds 32.55% of the company's voting rights. It thus crossed upwards the 30% participation threshold.

Content of the notification

• Reason for the notification: Passive crossing of a threshold
• Notification by : A parent undertaking or a controlling person
• Persons subject to the notification requirement:
  Belgian Anchorage SCRL, Clos des Salanganes 5,1150 Brussels
  Belgian Leverage SA, Clos des Salanganes 5,1150 Brussels
• Date on which the threshold is crossed: 30/04/2020
• Threshold crossed (in %): 30%
• Statutory thresholds : 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 7.5%, 10%, 15%, etc. in 5% increments
• Denominator: 38 085 047

• Notified details: (extract of the received notification form)
             

A) Voting rights	Previous notification	After the transaction
	# of voting rights	# of voting rights		% of voting rights
Holders of voting rights		Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities	Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities
Belgian Anchorage SCRL	6.204.668	12.197.944		32.03%
Belgian Leverage SA		200.000		0.53%
Subtotal	6.204.668	12.397.944		32.55%
	TOTAL	12.397.944	0	32.55%	0,00%
B) Equivalent financial instruments	After the transaction
Holder of equivalent financial instruments	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise period or date	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised	% of voting rights	Settlement
	TOTAL			0	0.00%
	TOTAL (A & B)			# of voting rights	%of voting rights
				12.397.944	32.55%

• Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held

Belgian Leverage SA is the subsidiary of Belgian Anchorage SCRL, 99.99% owned by the latter (see annual accounts of Belgian Anchorage SCRL BNB 31.12.2018).