Tessenderlo Group: Disclosure in accordance with the requirements of the Transparency Law

Tessenderlo Group (NYSE Euronext: TESB) discloses information required under article 15, §1 of the Law of May 2, 2007 regarding the disclosure of important shareholdings in listed companies.

Further to the decision of the extraordinary general meeting of June 5 2012 (agenda item 3), the Board of Directors of Tessenderlo Group has established the amount of the reconciliation difference at 25,566. The number of shares mentioned in the articles of association has been amended accordingly.

Status as of February 28, 2013:
Total outstanding capital:	€ 153,702,506.38
Total number of outstanding ordinary shares:	30,687,866
Total number of voting rights (the denominator):	30,687,866
Total number of outstanding warrants:	1,293,469
(each warrant entitles the holder to subscribe to one new ordinary share)

Notifications:

According to Tessenderlo Chemie NV bylaws, the threshold as from which a shareholding needs to be disclosed has been set at 5%, as well as each multiple of 5%, in either direction. Notifications of important shareholdings to be made according to the Law of May 2, 2007 or Tessenderlo Chemie's bylaws, should be sent to [e-mail] , as well as to the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) at [e-mail].

This information will also be made available on www.tessenderlo.com/investors/information_for_the_shareholder/capital_structure/

Tessenderlo Group is a worldwide specialty company, focused on food, agriculture, water management and on valorizing bio-residuals. The group employs about 7,000 people and is a leader in most of its markets, with a consolidated revenue of 2.1 billion EUR in 2012.  Tessenderlo Chemie NV is listed on NYSE Eurolist by Euronext Brussels and is part of Next 150 and BEL Mid indices. Financial News wires: Bloomberg: TESB BB - Reuters: TesBt.BR - Datastream: B:Tes

Media Relations Kathleen IWENS [phone]

Investor Relations Philip LUDWIG [phone]

Web site: http://www.tessenderlogroup.com

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