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TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares

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RNS Number : 4041O
Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
08 February 2016
 

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):

Nortrust Nominees LTD

State Street Nominees Limited

Vidacos Nominees Ltd

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited

Roy Nominees

BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd

The Bank of New York (Nominees) Ltd

 

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

04 February 2016

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

08 February 2016

 

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

Above the threshold of 13%


 

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       
14,695,312
14,695,312
81,238
81,238
15,362,620
 0.069%    12.960%     

 

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




46,159

0.039%


 

Total (A+B+C)

 

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

15,490,017

13.068%              



 

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

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (13.068%)

 

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited,  which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

 

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:

 

The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 9.

Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies.

 

14 Contact name:

 

Mark Powney, Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd.

15. Contact telephone name:

 

+441793 363135

 

 


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