Ontex: Transparency Declaration Notification

Regulatory News:

Ontex Group NV ("Ontex”) discloses the notification of significant shareholdings that it has received according to the Belgian Law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings in listed companies.

On 16 September 2014, AXA Investment Managers SA notified Ontex that it had acquired 2,053,236 shares in Ontex and so had crossed the threshold of 3% of the total number of voting rights in Ontex to 3.02%.

According to its obligation Ontex publishes the content of the notification that it has received.

Date of Notification: 16 September 2014

Date Threshold Crossed: 7 August 2014

Threshold Crossed: 3.00%

Notification by:

Denominator on the date of notification: 68,055,555 shares

Voting rights and assimilated financial instruments:

Chain of controlled entities through which the shareholding is effectively owned:

AXA Investment Managers SA is a holding company within the AXA group which holds management and investment service companies which provide management services to third parties. All the management and investment service companies, which are subsidiaries of AXA Investment Managers S.A., on behalf of whom this statement is made, operate independently of any other entity within the AXA group, pursuant to the conditions provided in article 11§2 of the law of 2 May 2007.

Notifications of significant shareholdings to be made according to the Law of 2 May 2007 should be sent to: investorrelations@ontexglobal.com

This notification will be posted on: http://www.ontexglobal.com/press-room

About Ontex

Ontex is a leading manufacturer of branded and retailer brand hygienic disposable products across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Company primarily sells its products to retailers, helping them to establish or enhance their own brands. While historically Western Europe has been the Company’s largest geographic market in terms of sales (68% of sales in 2013), the Company also has a growing presence in emerging markets where it offers both retailer brands and its own brands, with the mix varying by product category and geography. The Company believes that it operates a strong and diversified business across multiple geographies and serves a blue chip customer base with high quality products in core, resilient and non-discretionary categories.