BHF Kleinwort Benson : Transparency Declaration Notification (Article 14 of the law of 2 May 2007) Oddo & Cie SCA and AQTON SE

Brussels, 15 December 2015 (5:35 pm CET) - On 10 December 2015, Oddo & Cie SCA and AQTON SE notified BHF Kleinwort Benson Group ("BHF KB") that, as of 2 December 2015, Oddo & Cie SCA (which holds 31,093,359 shares representing 23.51% of the outstanding 132,244,164 shares and voting rights in BHF KB) and AQTON SE (which holds 14,921,842 shares representing 11.28% of the outstanding 132,244,164 shares and voting rights in BHF KB) acted in concert as persons having concluded an agreement aimed at acquiring control, frustrating the successful outcome of a bid or maintaining control (for a total of 46,015,201 shares representing 34.8% of the outstanding 132,244,164 shares and voting rights in BHF KB) pursuant to an irrevocable commitment by AQTON SE  to tender the 14,921,842 shares held by AQTON SE.

A copy of Oddo & Cie SCA's and AQTON SE's transparency declaration is reproduced hereunder and available on BHF KB's corporate website under "Investor Information - Shareholder Information - Transparency Declarations".

BHF Kleinwort Benson (Euronext: BHFKB) is a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Belgium, having its registered office at Avenue Louise 326, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. BHF Kleinwort Benson is a merchant bank with principal activities in private banking, asset management and financial markets & corporates.

 For further information visit: www.BHFKleinwortBenson.com