TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 7426J
CentralNic Group PLC
13 September 2016
 

 

For filings with the FCA include the annex


For filings with issuer exclude the annex



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

CentralNic Group 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 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


Other (please specify):



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

Kestrel Partners LLP

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

Kestrel Opportunities, a cell of Guernsey Portfolios PCC Ltd (through BNY Mellon Nominees Limited) and various other clients of Kestrel Partners LLP (through JIM Nominees Ltd and Bank of New York Nominees Limited)

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

09 September 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

13 September 2016

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

through 13%



 

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

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each

ISIN  GB00BCCW4X83

12,332,000

12,332,000

n/a

n/a

12,789,000

n/a

13.34%



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

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a


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

 

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Nominal

Delta

n/a

n/a


Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

12,789,000

13.34%



 

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

Indirect - BNY Mellon Nominees Limited - 10,140,400 Shares.  10.57% of voting rights

Indirect - Bank of New York Nominees Limited - 2,498,600.  2.61% of voting rights

Indirect - JIM Nominees Limited - 150,000 Shares.  0.16% of voting rights


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:


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


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




13. Additional information:

Disclosure based on Total voting rights of 95,894,348..
The indirect voting rights held under (9) relate to shares held in client portfolios managed by Kestrel Partners LLP under discretionary investment management agreements

14. Contact name:

Ian Forrest

15. Contact telephone number:

0203 371 6100

 


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