Ontex Announces Cash Payment of € 81 Million Received from Arbitration Settlement Regarding the Acquisition of its Brazilian Business in 2017

AALST-EREMBODEGEM, Belgium – (COMMERCIAL THREAD) – Regulatory news:

Ontex Group NV (Euronext Brussels: ONTEX) announced today that Ontex has received 500 million Brazilian reais (81 million euros¹) of Hypera SA (“Hypera”, formerly Hypermarcas SA) on October 1, 2021. This was foreseen when Ontex entered into an agreement with Hypera as announced on September 15, 2021, settling certain claims relating to the acquisition by Ontex of the Hyperera Brazilian personal hygiene business in March 2017 with an enterprise value of 1 billion Brazilian reais.

After deduction of approximately € 7 million in arbitration costs, the balance of the settlement amount will be used to repay the debt, in accordance with the Group’s ambition to reduce indebtedness.

Note 1: The settlement amount is denominated in Brazilian Reais. The amount in € of this press release is calculated at the EUR / BRL rate of 6.19.

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