Leuven, Belgium – 1 September 2025 – 7:30 CET, Crescent NV – CRESCENT NV (EURONEXT: OPTI) – has received on the 27th of August 2025 a transparency notification from VAN ZELE HOLDING NV and GM-Invest NV showing that the first mentioned entity has dropped below the 25% shareholding threshold and the latter has surpassed the 5% shareholding threshold. The relevant details of this transparency notification are as follows:
1/ VAN ZELE HOLDING NV
Reason for notification:
Acquisition or transfer of voting securities or voting rights.
Notification by:
A parent company or a controlling person.
Person subject to notification:
VAN ZELE HOLDING NV, 1880 KAPELLE-OP-DEN-BOS, Ipsvoordestraat 61
Eric VAN ZELE
Date of threshold crossing:
22/08/2025
Threshold exceeded:
As a result, the joint threshold of 25% was crossed downwards.
Denominator : Total number of shares:
1.994.069.717
Detail of notification :
| A) Voting rights | Previous notification | After the transaction | |||
| # voting rights | # voting rights | % voting rights | |||
| Holders of voting rights | Linked to securities | Separate from effects | Linked to securities | Separate from effects | |
| Eric VAN ZELE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| VAN ZELE HOLDING NV | 579.419.358 | 439.868.168 | 0 | 22,06% | 0,00% |
| TOTAL | 439.868.168 | 0 | 22,06% | 0,00% | |
Complete chain of controlled companies through which the shareholding is actually held:
Eric VAN ZELE controls VAN ZELE HOLDING NV.
Additional information: /
2/ GM-INVEST NV
Reason for notification:
Acquisition or transfer of voting securities or voting rights.
Notification by:
A parent company or a controlling person.
Person subject to notification:
GM-Invest NV – Filips de Goedekaai 82 bus 101, 9000 Gent
Jozef MAES
Date of threshold crossing:
22/08/2025
Threshold exceeded:
As a result, the joint threshold of 5% was crossed upwards.
Denominator : Total number of shares:
1.994.069.717
Detail of notification :
| A) Voting rights | Previous notification | After the transaction | |||
| # voting rights | # voting rights | % voting rights | |||
| Holders of voting rights | Linked to securities | Separate from effects | Linked to securities | Separate from effects | |
| Jozef MAES | 0 | 0 | 0,00% | 0,00% | |
| GM Invest NV | 135.000.000 | 0 | 6,77% | 0,00% | |
| TOTAL | 135.000.000 | 0 | 6,77% | 0,00% | |
Complete chain of controlled companies through which the shareholding is actually held:
Jozef Maes controls the holding company GM-Invest NV.
Additional information: /
More details are available on CRESCENT’s website: https://www.crescent-ventures.com/.
In accordance with the Articles of Association, the threshold from which a holding must be disclosed was set at 3%.
CONTACT
Edwin Bex
Geldenaaksebaan 329
B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
TEL: +32 (0) 16 31 74 11
E-mail: investor@option.com
www.crescent-ventures.com
