Highlights
All Regulatory Approvals required to close the Offer obtained, including declarations of no objections from the Dutch Central Bank ("DNB") and the European Central Bank ("ECB").
KAS BANK and CACEIS jointly recommend all Securityholders to tender Securities.
The Acceptance Period will end on Monday 23 September 2019 at 17:40 hours CET, unless extended.
Paris, France and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 17 September 2019.

KAS BANK and CACEIS hereby announce that all Regulatory Approvals required to close the Offer have been obtained. With this, an important milestone of the transaction process has been achieved. Securityholders can continue to tender their Securities until the Acceptance Closing Date. The Acceptance Period will end on Monday 23 September 2019 at 17:40 hours CET.

Regulatory Approvals
The following Regulatory Approvals have been obtained:
a declaration of no objection from the ECB for acquiring a qualifying holding in KAS BANK; and
a declaration of no objection from the DNB for acquiring a qualifying holding in KAS Trust & Depositary Services B.V.
This means that CACEIS has obtained the Regulatory Approvals required to close the Offer.