Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1800J

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

09 June 2014

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		J D Wetherspoon PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
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			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):___________________________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	05 June 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	09 June 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above the threshold of 11%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0001638955        13,487,008 13,487,008 70,382 70,382 13,581,966 0.057%                         10.945%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage of voting rights

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	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta
CFD				53,073	0.043%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
13,705,421	11.045%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	Registered Owner Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA08 28,965 State Street Nominees Limited                                              A/c XC7N 388,237 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 30337 53,073 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 683182 241,475 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740190 96,737 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 739874 504,791 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740311 52,769 The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited                                  A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799 95,301 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 811056 34,914 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c BBH05 132,991 SJPUT STRAT MGD BNYM AS T'TEE                                              A/c 2GQ6 2,305,391 William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd                                 A/c 301780 35,477 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA03 2,821,569 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA05 136,851 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA07 847,713 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 27642 20,755 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 07197 49,627 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10478 7,190 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA09 15,324 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10479 2,067 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA12 34,128 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA14 10,243 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 34789 68,914 Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd                                                   A/c WWSF0004002 192,191 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 18667 223,115 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10469 203,671 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10496 2,598,376 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10492 522,868 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10491 1,646,369 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10488 176,546 Threadneedle Specialist Funds ICVC                                         A/c 34204 157,783
14 Contact name:	Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone name:	01793 363135

 

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