Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1097Y

St. Ives PLC

26 November 2014

 



TR-1  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		ST IVES PLC
2. Reason for the notification  (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Richard Stillwell (Chairman of St Ives plc and proxy holder)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	25 November 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	25 November 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3%
8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0007689002	42,000	42,000	42,000	42,000	77,487,861	0.033%	61.39%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion period	% of voting rights
N/A				Nominal	Delta

Total (A + B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
77,529,861	61.43%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	Richard Stillwell
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	77,487,861
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	At the conclusion of the Annual General meeting to be held on 27 November 2014 or at any adjournment thereof.

13. Additional information:	Disclosed voting rights represent the maximum number of proxies being held by the Chairman of St Ives plc pursuant to proxies received in respect of various resolutions to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting to be held by the Company on 27 November 2014. The voting rights will lapse immediately upon the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting. St Ives plc shareholders are still entitled to vote in person at the AGM even if they have submitted a proxy. Figures are based on Total Voting Rights of 126,214,158 (25 November 2014)
14. Contact name:	Philip Harris, Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 928 8844

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Enquiries:

Philip Harris
Company Secretary, St Ives plc

(T) 020 7928 8844 x337

 

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