Holding(s) in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

30 January 2024

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB0001638955

Issuer Name

J D WETHERSPOON PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights; An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Bank of America Corporation

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

US

4. Details of the shareholder

Name	City of registered office	Country of registered office
Merrill Lynch International	London	United Kingdom

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

29-Jan-2024

6. Date on which Issuer notified

30-Jan-2024

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 held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	4.357888	8.718036	13.075924	16247122
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	4.105054	8.259604	12.364658

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

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB0001638955		5414771		4.357888
Sub Total 8.A	5414771		4.357888%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

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
Right to Recall	N/A	N/A	6502	0.005233
Physical Swaps	15/05/2024	N/A	637998	0.513470
Sub Total 8.B1			644500	0.518703%

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Swaps	30/08/2024	N/A	Cash	32452	0.026118
Swaps	29/11/2024	N/A	Cash	77182	0.062117
Swaps	26/05/2026	N/A	Cash	226421	0.182227
Swaps	23/07/2024	N/A	Cash	685999	0.552102
Swaps	18/11/2024	N/A	Cash	11132	0.008959
Swaps	20/05/2024	N/A	Cash	184711	0.148658
Swaps	02/04/2024	N/A	Cash	4586932	3.691631
Swaps	03/05/2024	N/A	Cash	1321966	1.063938
Swaps	08/09/2025	N/A	Cash	147491	0.118703
Swaps	08/08/2024	N/A	Cash	17286	0.013912
Swaps	31/10/2024	N/A	Cash	23311	0.018761
Swaps	31/07/2024	N/A	Cash	56018	0.045084
Swaps	18/04/2024	N/A	Cash	616000	0.495766
Swaps	06/01/2025	N/A	Cash	1927852	1.551564
Swaps	01/02/2024	N/A	Cash	28593	0.023012
Swaps	15/02/2024	N/A	Cash	6836	0.005502
Swaps	29/01/2025	N/A	Cash	4706	0.003787
Swaps	28/02/2025	N/A	Cash	165	0.000133
Swaps	08/07/2024	N/A	Cash	184554	0.148532
Swaps	29/12/2025	N/A	Cash	273	0.000220
Swaps	02/07/2024	N/A	Cash	3133	0.002521
Swaps	07/11/2025	N/A	Cash	44838	0.036086
Sub Total 8.B2				10187851	8.199333%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. 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 entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Bank of America Corporation	Merrill Lynch International	4.357888	4.731832	9.089719%
Bank of America Corporation	Bank of America, National Association		3.981656	3.981656%
Bank of America Corporation	BofA Securities Europe, SA

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional Information

12. Date of Completion

30-Jan-2024

13. Place Of Completion

United Kingdom

 

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