Royal Mail PLC Holding(s) in Company (4372Z)

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RNS Number : 4372Z

Royal Mail PLC

17 September 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                Royal Mail 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                 Postal Services Holding Company Limited 
  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                                     17 September 2015 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                       17 September 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                                13.99% 
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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 
-------------  ----------------  ------------------  --------------  -------------------------  --------------------------- 
                                                      Direct          Direct          Indirect   Direct         Indirect 
                                                                       (xi)            (xii) 
-------------    -----  -------  -------  ----  ---  --------------  --------------  ---------  -------------  ------------ 
 Ordinary 
 shares         149,913,077       149,913,077         139,913,077     139,913,077                13.99% 
               ----------------  ------------------  --------------  --------------  ---------  -------------  ------------ 
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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. 
----------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------  -------------------------  -------------------- 
 
 
 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          Exercise        Expiration     Exercise/            Number of voting               % of voting rights 
 financial         price           date (xvii)    Conversion           rights instrument              (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                       period               refers to 
                                                  (xviii) 
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                                                                                                     Nominal       Delta 
---------------  --------------  -------------  -------------------  -----------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                            Percentage of voting rights 
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 139,913,077                                                        13.99% 
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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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   Postal Services Holding Company Limited is wholly owned by the Secretary 
   of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 
 
 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: 
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 14. Contact name:                                             Kulbinder Dosanjh 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                     020 7449 8133 
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