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RNS Number : 0976K

B&M European Value Retail S.A.

11 December 2018

ANNEXE A: Standard form for notification of major holdings

Form to be used for the purposes of notifying a change in major holdings pursuant to the modified law and grand-ducal regulation of 11 January 2008 on transparency requirements for issuers of securities (referred to as "the Transparency Law" and "the Transparency Regulation")

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the CSSF)ⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedⁱⁱ:
B&M European Value Retail S.A.
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): X An acquisition or disposal of voting rights An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify)ⁱⁱⁱ:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation^iv :
Name:		City and country of registered office (if applicable):
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC")		Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)^v:
See section 8
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached^vi:				7 December 2018
6. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 7.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 7.B.1 + 7.B.2)	Total of both in % (7.A + 7.B)		Total number of voting rights of issuer^vii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	3.519%	0%	3.519%		1,000,561,222
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	5.088%	0%	5.088%

7. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached^viii:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of
shares

ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rights^ix

% of voting rights

Direct

(Art 8 of the

Transparency Law)

Indirect

(Art 9 of the

Transparency Law)

Direct

(Art 8 of the

Transparency Law)

Indirect

(Art 9 of the Transparency Law)

Ordinary Shares (LU1072616219)

35,208,055

3.519%

SUBTOTAL A

(Direct & Indirect)

35,208,055

3.519%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 12(1)(a) of the Transparency Law

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
date^x

Exercise/
Conversion Period^xi

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

n/a

SUBTOTAL B.1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 12(1)(b) of the Transparency Law

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
date^x

Exercise/
Conversion Period^xi

Physical or cash settlement^xii

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

n/a

SUBTOTAL B.2

8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation:

(please tick the applicable box)

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or
legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in
the (underlying) issuer.^xiii

X   Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural
    person or   legal entity^xiv(please provide a separate organisational chart in case
  of a complex structure):

N°

Name^xv

% of voting rights held by ultimate controlling person or entity or held directly by any subsidiary if it equals or is higher than the notifiable

threshold

% of voting rights through financial instruments held by ultimate controlling person or entity or held directly by any subsidiary if it equals or is higher than the notifiable

threshold

Total of both

Directly controlled by (use number(s) from 1^st column)

The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

3.519%

Capital Research and Management Company

3.519%

9. In case of proxy voting:

The proxy holder named will cease to hold % and number of voting rights as of .

10. Additional information^xvi:

CGC is the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC"). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management company that manages the American Funds family of mutual funds. CRMC manages equity assets for various investment companies through three divisions, Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors. CRMC in turn is the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"), which in turn is the parent company of five investment management companies ("CGII management companies"): Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital International K.K. The CGII management companies primarily serve as investment managers to institutional clients.

Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of the issuer for its own accounts. Rather, the shares reported are owned by funds and accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above.

Done at

Los Angeles, California, USA

10 December 2018

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Title: Holding(s) in Company
Time: 09:48:07
Date: 11 Dec 2018
Category: Holding(s) in company
ID: 0976K