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RNS Number : 3887B
City of London Investment Group PLC
03 April 2017
 

 

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

 

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:

City of London Investment Group 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

¨

Other (please specify):

 

¨

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

BlackRock, Inc.

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

 

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

31 March, 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

3 April, 2017

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

 

Voting rights attached to shares holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone above 10%

         
 

 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B104RS51

2,574,995

2,574,995

N/A

N/A

2,735,861

N/A

10.20%

 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

Securities Lending

 

 

1,205

0.00%

 

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

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

 

% of voting rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominal

Delta

 

 

 

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

2,737,066

10.21%

                                 
 

 

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

 

See Annex 1

 

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:


BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team

14. Contact name:

Marc-Oliver Lesch

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7743 3650

     

 

Annex 1

 

Name

% 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

BlackRock, Inc.

 

 

 

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

 

 

 

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

 

 

 

BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.

 

 

 

BlackRock Group Limited

 

 

 

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

9.17%

0.00%

9.17%

 

 

 

 

BlackRock, Inc.

 

 

 

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

 

 

 

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

 

 

 

BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.

 

 

 

BlackRock Group Limited

 

 

 

BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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