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REGULATED INFORMATION
GHENT, Belgium, 11 May 2018 - Ablynx [Euronext Brussels and Nasdaq: ABLX] today announced, in accordance with Article 14 of the Belgian Law of 2 May 2007 regarding the publication of major shareholdings in issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market (the "Transparency Law"), that it received a notification of shareholdings from BlackRock, Inc. on 8 May 2018.
BlackRock, Inc. (taking into account the holdings of its subsidiary undertakings) notified Ablynx that on 4 May 2018 it has downward crossed the 3% threshold of voting rights attached to shares for BlackRock, Inc. and downward crossed the 5% threshold of the total holding in voting rights for BlackRock, Inc.
BlackRock, Inc. now holds a total of 3,323,360 voting securities of Ablynx, representing 4.41% of the current 75,406,551 outstanding voting rights of Ablynx (versus 5.12% notified previously on 7 May 2018).
The most recent notification contains the following information:
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Reason for the notification: acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
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Notification by: a parent undertaking or a controlling person
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Persons subject to the notification requirement:
| Name | Address (for legal entities) |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A. |
| BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. |
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE, 19809, U.S.A. |
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited | 161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada |
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG | Max-Joseph-Straße 6, Munich, 80333, Germany |
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A. |
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A. |
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association | 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A. |
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited | Level 37, Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia |
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ, 8540, U.S.A. |
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Transaction date: 4 May 2018
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Threshold that is crossed: 5% (of the total holding)
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Denominator: 75,406,551
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Details of the notification:
| Name of select subsidiaries of BlackRock | % of voting rights | % of voting rights held through financial instruments* | Total of both |
| BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | 0.01% | 0.01% | |
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 0.83% | 0.04% 1 | 0.87% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited | 0.01% | 0.01% | |
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG | 0.25% | 0.25% | |
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 0.85% | 0.85% | |
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association | 0.52% | 0.11% 2 | 0.63% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 0.80% 2 | 0.80% | |
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 0.33%2 | 0.33% | |
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 0.67% 2 | 0.67% | |
| TOTAL | 2.46% | 1.94% | 4.41% |
* Type of financial instrument: 1`Securities lent` and 2`Contract for Difference`