Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 2620Z
Sports Direct International Plc
13 March 2017
 

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi



1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:
ii

Sports Direct International PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights


An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached


An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

ü

Other (please specify):



3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:
iii

FIL Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):iv

See Section 9

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
v

8 March 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

10 March 2017

 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
vi, vii

5%



 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of  voting rights x

Indirect

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B1QH8P22

28,339,965

28,339,965

28,339,965


28,339,965


4.96%



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date
xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights







C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period
xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

 

% of voting rights xix, xx

 

Contract for Difference




228,451

 

Nominal

Delta

0.04%

0.04%


Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

28,568,416

 

5.00%



 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
xxi

 

Controlled Undertaking

Percentage Holding

FIL GESTION

0.59

FIL INVESTMENT ADVISORS (UK) LIMITED

0.10

FIL INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL

3.99

FIL LIMITED

0.00

FIL PENSION MANAGEMENT

0.32

Grand Total

5.00


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire/ cease to hold:


12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire/ cease to hold voting rights:



13. Additional information:

N/A

 

14. Contact name:

Sally-Ann Hatton

15. Contact telephone number:

 

fil-regreporting@fil.com, 01737 837148

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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