INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY AND ITS CAPITAL
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Principal shareholders
4.2.2
THRESHOLD DISCLOSURES
SHAREHOLDERS
Pursuant to Article L. 233-13 of the French Commercial Code, we
indicate below the shareholders who directly or indirectly as of
31 December 2016 held more than 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%,
33.33%, 50%, 66.66%, 90%, or 95% of the share capital or voting
rights at Shareholders’ Meetings.
Pursuant to Articles L. 233-7 et seq. of the French Commercial
Code, we informyou that the following cases of thresholds being
crossed were reported to us during the year:
1)
in a letter received on 15 April 2016, and supplemented by a
letter receivedon 18April 2016, MonetaAssetManagement (36
rueMarbeuf, 75008 Paris, France), acting on behalf of funds it
manages, declared that on 15 April 2016 it moved:
above 10% of the share capital and voting rights of Altamir,
holding 3,964,904 Altamir shares on behalf of these funds,
representing the same number of voting rights,
i.e.
10.86% of
the share capital andvoting rights of theCompany, as a result of
acquiring voting rights that the declarant could exercise freely
by virtue of proxies obtained for use at the Annual General
Meeting of 15 April 2016 in the absence of specific instructions
from the corresponding shareholders; and
below 10% of the share capital and voting rights of Altamir,
holding 3,320,000 Altamir shares on behalf of these funds,
representing the same number of voting rights,
i.e.
9.09% of
the share capital and voting rights of the Company, by virtue
of the expiry of the proxies received fromAltamir shareholders.
In the same letters, MonetaAssetManagementmade the following
statement of intent: “Moneta Asset Management declares that:
it did not cross the threshold as a result of acquiring shares,
and that no financing had been required to cross the threshold;
it did not have agreements or hold financial instruments
listed in “4” and “4 bis” of “I” of Article L. 233-9 of the French
Commercial Code;
it had obtained the additional voting rights temporarily as a
result of proxies sent to its head office without specific voting
instructions from the corresponding shareholders. Investors
sent these proxies in order to take part in the General Meeting
of 15 April 2016;
it acted alone;
it remains prepared to accept proxies for future General
Meetings anddoes not plan to increase its position in the capital
of Altamir, while not ruling out non-material purchases or sales
of Altamir shares depending on market opportunities;
it does not intend to take control of the Company;
it does not plan to change the strategy implementedbyAltamir
and does not have any:
a) plans to merge, reorganise, liquidate or transfer any
substantial portion of the assets of the issuer or of any
other entity that it controls pursuant toArticle L. 233-3
of the French Commercial Code,
b) plans to change the issuer’s business,
c) plans to change the issuer’s Articles of Association,
d) plans to remove a category of the issuer’s securities
from trading,
e) plans to issue securities of the issuer;
it has not entered into a temporary divestment agreement with
respect to the issuer’s shares or voting rights;
it does notwish to request oneormore seats on theSupervisory
Board.” (AMF notice no. 216C0915);
2)
in a letter received on 23 September 2016, SEB Asset
Management, a company controlledbySkandinaviskaEnskilda
BankenAB(POBox487, L-2014Luxembourg), actingonbehalf
of funds it manages, declared that on 22 September 2016 it
moved below the threshold of 5% of the share capital and
voting rights of Altamir, and that it held 1,490,777 Altamir
shares onbehalf of these funds, representing the same number
of voting rights,
i.e.
4.08%of the share capital and voting rights
of the Company. This threshold was crossed as a result of
sellingAltamir shares in themarket (AMFnotice no. 216C2169).
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