EVS Broadcast Equipment publish a transparency notification

Publication on March 18, 2021, after market closing
Regulated information – transparency notification
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A.: Euronext Brussels (EVS.BR), Bloomberg (EVS BB), Reuters (EVSB.BR)

Publication of a transparency notification

(Article 14, first paragraph, of the Law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings)

On March 15, 2021, EVS Broadcast Equipment has received a transparency notification indicating that Otus Capital Management Limited now holds 3.10% of the voting rights of the company.  Otus Capital Management Limited has therefore crossed up the threshold of 3%.

The notification, dated March 15, 2021, contains the following information:

Reason for the notification: acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
Notification by: A parent undertaking or a controlling person
Persons subject to the notification requirement: Otus Capital Management Limited, 29 Queen Anne’s Gate, London SW1H 9BU, UK; Andrew Gibbs
Transaction date: March 11, 2021
Threshold that is crossed (in %): 3%
Denominator: 14,327,024

Notified details:

A) Voting rights	Previous notification	After the transaction
	# voting rights	# voting rights		% voting rights
Holders of voting rights		Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities	Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities
Andrew Gibbs		0		0.00%
Otus Capital Management Limited		443,868		3.10%
	TOTAL	443,868	0	3.10%	0.00%

 

B) Equivalent financial instruments	After the transaction
Holders of equivalent financial instruments	Type of financial Instruments	Expiration date	Exercise period or date	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised	% of voting rights	Settlement
	TOTAL

 

TOTAL (A & B)		# voting rights	% of voting rights
	TOTAL (A & B)	443,868	3.10%

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held:
Otus Capital Management Ltd acts as the investment manager (with control of voting rights) for: the Maga Micro Cap Fund, Regents of the University of Michigan and LGT Select Equity Global-Pool Otus, that hold the shares reported here.  Otus Capital Management Ltd is 100% owned by Andrew Gibbs.

This press release and the notification are available on the EVS website (www.evs.com).

Shareholders must declare their ownership in EVS shares as soon as their shareholding passes over/under the 3% threshold (required by Company Statutes) and any multiple of 5% thresholds (required by Belgian Law). Notifications of important shareholdings to be made according to the Law of May 2, 2007 and the EVS's bylaws, should be sent to the company (by email corpcom@evs.com or fax +32 4 361 7089) and to the FSMA. The current number of shares (denominator) to be taken into account is 14,327,024 shares.

 

ABOUT EVS
We create return on emotion.
EVS is globally recognized as a leader in live video technology for broadcast and new media productions. Our passion and purpose are to help our clients craft immersive stories that trigger the best return on emotion. Through a wide range of products and solutions, we deliver the most gripping live sports images, buzzing entertainment shows and breaking news content to billions of viewers every day – and in real-time. The company is headquartered in Belgium with offices in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America, and provides sales and technical support to more than 100 countries.
EVS is a public company traded on Euronext Brussels: EVS, ISIN: BE0003820371.
For more information, please visit www.evs.com.

For more information, please contact:   Serge VAN HERCK*, CEO EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A., Liege Science Park, 13 rue du Bois Saint-Jean, B-4102 Seraing, Belgium Tel: +32 4 361 70 00.  E-mail: corpcom@evs.com; www.evs.com Représentant une BV

Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to the business, financial condition, and results of operations of EVS and its affiliates. These statements are based on the current expectations or beliefs of EVS' management are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or performance of the Company to differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties relate to changes in technology and market requirements, the company's concentration on one industry, decline in demand for the company's products and those of its affiliates, inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications, and loss of market share and pressure on pricing resulting from competition which could cause the actual results or performance of the company to differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements. EVS undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

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