APR Energy PLC Holding(s) in Company (5148M)

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RNS Number : 5148M

APR Energy PLC

21 January 2016

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21 January 2016

Recommended Cash Offer for APR Energy plc ("APR Energy")

By

Apple Bidco Limited ("Bidco"), an entity jointly controlled by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited

("Fairfax"), ACON Equity Management, LLC ("ACON") and Albright Capital Management LLC

("ACM") (together the "Joint Bidders")

Notification of Acquisition of Major Proportion of Voting Rights

APR Energy announces that it has received the following notification from Bidco, notifying APR Energy that it has, as at 19 January 2016, acquired 61,344,953 ordinary shares of APR Energy carrying 65.08% of the total voting rights of APR Energy.

Enquiries:

APR Energy plc + 1 904 223 8488

Lee Munro (investors) + 1 904 404 4576

Manisha Patel (investors) + 1 904 517 5135

Alan Chapple (media) + 1 904 223 2277

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
 
 
 
 
 1. Identity of the issuer or                                            APR Energy plc 
  the underlying 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 
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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 
--------------------------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 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)                                          Apple Bidco Limited 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
-------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------ 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
-------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------ 
 5. Date of the transaction                                      18 and 19 January 2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
-------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------ 
 6. Date on which issuer                                                20 January 2016 
  notified: 
-------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------ 
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                            65.08 % 
-------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------ 
 
 
 
 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 
  of             to the triggering                    triggering transaction 
  shares         transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
-------------  -----------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
                Number            Number             Number          Number of                % of voting 
                 of                of                 of shares       voting                   rights (x) 
                 Shares            Voting                             rights 
                                   Rights 
-------------  ----------------  -----------------  --------------  -----------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                     Direct          Direct     Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
                                                                     (xi)        (xii) 
-------------      ------------    -------------    --------------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Apple Bidco 
 Limited 
 
 Ordinary 
 Shares 
 
 ISIN: 
 GB00B58D4C52   59,773,009        63.41              61,344,953                               65.08 
-------------  ----------------  -----------------  --------------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration      Exercise/                          Number of voting           % of voting 
 financial           date            Conversion                         rights that                rights 
 instrument          (xiii)          Period (xiv)                       may 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 
 financial         price          date             Conversion         rights instrument          rights (xix, 
 instrument                       (xvii)           period             refers to                  xx) 
                                                   (xviii) 
---------------  --------------  ---------------  ----------------  -------------------------  ----------------------- 
                                                                                                Nominal       Delta 
---------------  --------------  ---------------  ----------------  -------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                               Percentage of voting rights 
----------------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 61,344,953                                            65.08 
----------------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 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: 
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 14. Contact name:                                              Ondra Partners (financial 
                                                                                 adviser) 
                                                                        Cassandre Danoux, 
                                                                           Robert Hingley 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                       [phone] 
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