Societe Financiere des Caoutchoucs : SOCFINAF - Déclaration de transparence

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)

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: SOCFINAF S.A. Société anonyme Registered office: 4, avenue Guillaume L-1650 Luxembourg, R.C.S. Luxembourg B 6225
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 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): Voluntary notification - Summary of the holding structure of the controlling shareholder of SOCFINAF S.A. and of the percentage of its indirect participation without reaching or crossing any threshold
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation: Name: City and country of registered office (if applicable): Hubert Marie Ghislain Fabri
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): N/A
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: N/A as voluntary notification
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
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	53,89%	0%	53,89%	10,497,046
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

7. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares:	Number of voting rights		% 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)
Shares ISIN code: LU0056569402	0	10,497,046	0%	53,89%
SUBTOTAL A (Direct & Indirect)	53,89 %

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 12(1)(a) of the Transparency Law: N/A
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	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: N/A
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Physical or cash settlement	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. 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 (please provide a separate organisational chart in case of a complex structure):
N°	Name	% 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 1st column)
1	Hubert Marie Ghislain Fabri	0	0	0
2	Geselfina S.A.	0	0	0	1
3	AFICO, Administration and Finance Corporation	0	0	0	1
4	Twosun Fin. SA	0	0	0	1
5	Palmboomen Cultuur Maatschappij Mopoli (Palmeraies De Mopoli) N.V.	0	0	0	1 and 2
6	Société Financière des Caoutchoucs	53,89%	N/A	53,89%	1 to 5

9. In case of proxy voting:

The proxy holder named will cease to hold

% and

number of voting rights as of

.

1. Additional information:

   As mentioned above, Société Financière des Caoutchoucs holds 53,89% of SOCFINAF S.A.

   Mr Hubert Fabri directly (0.01%) and indirectly holds 54.23 % of the shares of Société Financière des Caoutchoucs. The indirect participation of Mr Fabri in Société Financière des Caoutchoucs is held via four holding companies as follows:

   • two companies in which Mr Fabri directly holds 100% of the shares, namely:

     • Geselfina S.A., which directly holds 24.25% of SOCFIN;

     • Twosun Fin. SA, which directly holds 11.65% of SOCFIN;

   • two companies which are directly and indirectly held by Mr Fabri, namely:

     • AFICO, Administration and Finance Corporation, in which Mr Fabri directly and indirectly (via Twosun Fin. SA) holds 100% of the shares and which holds 13.37% of SOCFIN; and

     • Palmboomen Cultuur Maatschappij Mopoli (Palmeraies De Mopoli) N.V., in which Mr Fabri directly and indirectly (via Geselfina S.A.) holds 84.23% of the issued ordinary shares, 100% of the preferred shares and 44.09% of the founder shares and which holds 4.96% of SOCFIN.

2017-01-02

Done at On

Hubert Fabri