Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets PLC Holding(s) in Company (1507L)

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RNS Number : 1507L

Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets PLC

23 April 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying           Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                      X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                        BlackRock, Inc. 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                      22 April, 2015 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                        23 April, 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed              Total holding has gone above 5% 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type      Situation previous                          Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of              to the triggering                           transaction 
  shares          transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                 Number             Number                   Number       Number of voting             % of voting rights 
                  of                 of                       of shares    rights                       (x) 
                  Shares             Voting 
                                     Rights 
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                                                             Direct       Direct         Indirect      Direct      Indirect 
                                                                           (xi)           (xii) 
--------------      ---  --------  -------  ------  ------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ----------  ------------ 
 GB0006043169    N/A                N/A                      N/A          N/A            116,460,693   N/A         4.98% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial        Expiration         Exercise/                          Number of voting            % of voting 
  instrument               date (xiii)        Conversion Period                  rights that may             rights 
                                              (xiv)                              be 
                                                                                 acquired if the 
                                                                                 instrument is 
                                                                                 exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Exercise       Expiration       Exercise/            Number of voting             % of voting rights 
  instrument          price          date (xvii)      Conversion           rights instrument            (xix, xx) 
                                                      period               refers to 
                                                      (xviii) 
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 CFD                                                                      677,060                      Nominal     Delta 
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                                                                                                       0.02%       0.02% 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                              Percentage of voting rights 
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 117,137,753                                                          5.01% 
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 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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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 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:               BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting 
                                            Team 
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 14. Contact name:                         Gareth Slade 
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 15. Contact telephone number:             020 7743 2536 
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