Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2452E
Hostelworld Group PLC
08 February 2018
 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i


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

Hostelworld Group PLC

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer


2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify)iii:


3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv

Name

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC")

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA

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

Name


City and country of registered office (if applicable)


5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:

6 February 2018

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):

7 February 2018

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation


% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)

% of voting rights through financial instruments
(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)

Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)

Total number of voting rights of issuervii

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

14.2763%

0.0000%

14.2763%

95,570,778

Position of previous notification (if

applicable)

15.3143%

0.0000%

15.3143%


 

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of
shares

ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rightsix

% of voting rights

(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)

(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)

(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)

(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)

Ordinary Shares

(ISIN: GB00BYYN4225)


13,643,962


14.2763%











SUBTOTAL 8. A

13,643,962

14.2763%

 

 

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
date
x

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xi

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is

exercised/converted.

% of voting rights


















SUBTOTAL 8. B 1



 

 

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
date
x

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xi

Physical or cash

settlementxii

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights






















SUBTOTAL 8.B.2



 

 

 

 

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the

applicable box with an "X")

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii


Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity
xiv (please add additional rows as necessary)

X

Namexv

The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

Holdings by CG Management companies are set out below:

14.2763%

0.0000%

14.2763%

• Capital Research and Management Company1

14.2763%

0.0000%

14.2763%

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.2

 (see section 11)




American Funds Insurance Series: Global Small Capitalization Fund2 (see section 11)




1Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

2Mutual fund managed by Capital Research and Management Company.

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder


The number and % of voting rights held


The date until which the voting rights will be held



11. Additional informationxvi

CGC is the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC").  CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management company that manages the American Funds family of mutual funds.  CRMC manages equity assets for various investment companies through three divisions, Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors.  CRMC in turn is the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"), which in turn is the parent company of five investment management companies ("CGII management companies"): Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital International K.K.  The CGII management companies primarily serve as investment managers to institutional clients.

 

Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of Hostelworld Group PLC for its own account.  Rather, the shares reported on this Notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above.

 

SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. ("SCWF") and American Funds Insurance Series: Global Small Capitalization Fund ("VISC") are mutual funds     registered in the United States under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

SCWF is the legal owner of 7,645,662 shares (8.0000% of outstanding shares). SCWF has granted proxy voting authority to CRMC, its               investment adviser.

 

VISC is the legal owner of 5,220,000 shares (5.4619% of outstanding shares). VISC has granted proxy voting authority to CRMC, its   investment adviser.

 

 

Place of completion

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Date of completion

7 February 2018

 


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