PRESS RELEASE SABCA – EURONEXT Regulated information

March 7, 2019 – 18:00

Publication of a transparency notification (Art 14, first paragraph, of the Act of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings)

1. Summary of the notification SABCA received a transparency notification dated March 5, 2019 indicating that Melrose Industries Plc, as a result of a disposal of voting rights by its subsidiary B.V. on March 4, 2019, has reduced its (indirect) control of 43,57% of the voting rights (Cf. infra, the chain of controlled undertakings) to zero (0%). Melrose Industries Plc therefore crossed the lowest threshold of 5%.

2. Content of the notification The notification dated March 5, 2019 contains the following information:

o Reason for the notification: Downward crossing of the lowest threshold. Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights.

o Notification by: A parent undertaking or a controlling person.

o Persons subject to the notification requirement: Melrose Industries Plc, 11th Floor, The Colmore Building, Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham, United Kingdom, B4 6AT.

o Transaction date: 04/03/2019

o Threshold that is crossed: 5%.

o Denominator: 2.400.000

o Notifieddetails: The number, 1.045.662, and the percentage, 43,57%, of the voting rights of Fokker Aerospace B.V. existing before the transaction have been reduced to zero (0%).

1

PRESS RELEASE o Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held: Melrose Industries PLC owns GKN Limited (100%) / GKN Limited owns GKN Holdings Limited (100%) / GKN Holdings Limited owns GKN Enterprise Limited (100%) / GKN Enterprise Limited holds GKN Industries Limited (100%) / GKN Industries Limited holds GKN Aerospace B.V. (100%) / GKN Aerospace Netherlands B.V. holds Fokker Technologies Group B.V. (100%) / Fokker Technologies Group B.V. holds Fokker Technologies Holding B.V. (100%) / Fokker Technologies Holding B.V. holds Fokker Aerospace B.V. (100%) / Fokker Aerospace B.V. holds 0% in SABCA as of the date of this notification.

3. Miscellaneous This press release may be consulted on the website of SABCA via this link: www..be/pages/0144/Shareholder-Info.en.php

- Thibauld JONGEN, CEO  Email: [email protected]  Tel: +32 2 729 57 00

- Dirk LAMBERMONT, Legal Affairs Manager  Email : [email protected]  Tel: +32 2 729 59 08

About SABCA SABCA is a tier 1 worldwide leading multi-technology aerospace supplier. Serving the world’s leading and space launchers manufacturers, SABCA designs, develops, manufactures and maintains aircraft and launcher components and systems. The company asserts its expertise in 4 markets – Integrated Assemblies, Actuation Systems, MRO and Unmanned Systems, and achieved a turnover of 217 million euros in 2017. SABCA’s Unmanned Systems Business Unit builds on the experience gained since 1920 to offer a range of services such as drone design, payload and systems integration, ground- and flight testing, drone qualification and certification, operations and inspection, maintenance, and repair activities. The company, which is listed on the Euronext stock market (EBR: SAB), conducts operations in the three Belgian regions and has one facility in Morocco.

More information: www.sabca.be

2