| 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 |
GUSCIO PLC | |||
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | |||
| 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 | X | |||
| Other (please specify): | ||||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii |
HARGREAVE HALE LIMITED | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv |
DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS | |||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v |
24 MAY 2016 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 25 MAY 2016 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii |
12%, 11% and 10% | |||
| 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 | Indirect | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||||
GB00BPT23R97 |
4,858,733 | 4,858,733 | 10,483,733 | 10,483,733 | 7.7554% | ||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10,483,733 | 7.7554% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi |
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| 10,250,180 of these shares are held for a unit trust operated by Marlborough Fund Managers Ltd, for whom Hargreave Hale Ltd manages the investments on a discretionary basis. The remaining shares are held for other discretionary clients. | ||
| Proxy Voting: | ||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | ||
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
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13. Additional information: |
The change in the percentage of shares held is due to participation in the placing by Guscio Plc, the shares from which were admitted to AIM on 24/05/2016. | |
| 14. Contact name: | David Clueit, Hargreave Hale Ltd |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 01253 754739 | |