Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 6674W

Ocado Group PLC

31 December 2013

 



TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
OCADO GROUP PLC

31 December 2013

 

Ocado Group plc
Voting rights and capital

 

In accordance with the FCA's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, Ocado Group plc ("Ocado") announces that, as at 31 December 2013:

·      it had 618,377,257 issued ordinary shares of 2p each admitted to trading.  Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote in relation to all circumstances at general meetings of Ocado;

·      it does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury; and

·      accordingly, it had total voting rights of 618,377,257. Of these issued ordinary shares:

o  452,284  are held by Greenwood Nominees Limited, who has waived its right to exercise voting rights and to receive dividends in respect of these 452,284 ordinary shares; and

o  35,229,176 are held by Greenwood Nominees Limited on behalf of Appleby Trust (Jersey) Limited, the independent company which is the trustee of Ocado's employee benefit trust (the "EBT Trustee"). The EBT Trustee has waived its right to exercise its voting rights and to receive dividends in respect of these 35,229,176 ordinary shares, although it may vote in respect of 22,504,133 ordinary shares which have vested under the joint share ownership scheme and remain in the trust, at the request of a participant. The total of 35,229,176 ordinary shares held by the EBT Trustee are treated as treasury shares in the group's consolidated balance sheet in accordance with IAS 32 ''Financial Instruments: Presentation''. As such, calculations of earnings per share for Ocado exclude the 35,229,176 ordinary shares held by the EBT Trustee.

The total voting rights figure 618,377,257 may be used by shareholders and others with notification obligations as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Ocado under the FCA's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.

In aggregate 35,681,460 ordinary shares held by Greenwood Nominees Limited are treated as treasury shares in the group's consolidated balance sheet.  Excluding the 35,681,460 ordinary shares held by Greenwood Nominees Limited as mentioned above, Ocado has shares in issue with aggregate voting rights of 582,695,797.

Enquiries:

Company Secretary
Ocado Group plc
Titan Court
3 Bishops Square
Hatfield Business Park
Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9NE
Fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail]

 

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