UDG Healthcare Public Limited Co. Holding(s) in Company (3700R)

TIDMUDG TIDMAV.

RNS Number : 3700R

UDG Healthcare Public Limited Co.

08 December 2016

Standard Form TR-1

Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the Central Bank of

Ireland)i

 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of 
  existing shares to which voting rights are 
  attachedii: UDG Healthcare plc 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
 
  [x] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
  [x] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
  [ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
  [ ] Other (please specify)iii: 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv 
  : 
 Name: Aviva plc and    City and country of registered office 
  its subsidiaries       (if applicable): London, United 
                         Kingdom 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v: 
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 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi: 
  07 December 2016 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified: 08 December 2016 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 4% 
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 8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
  obligation: 
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                                            % of voting 
                         % of voting         rights                Total of both     Total number 
                         rights attached     through financial     in % (9.A         of voting 
                         to shares           instruments           + 9.B)            rights of 
                         (total of           (total of 9.B.1                         issuervii 
                         9.A)                + 9.B.2) 
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 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached           3.995%              N/A                  3.995%            9,888,194 
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 Position of 
  previous 
  notification 
  (if applicable)      4.327%              0.004%               4.331% 
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 9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the 
  date on which the threshold was crossed or 
  reachedviii: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type        Number of voting rightsix                   % of voting rights 
  of 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
----------------  ------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 
                               Direct               Indirect                  Direct               Indirect 
----------------  -------------------  ---------------------  ----------------------  --------------------- 
IE0033024807              9,124,399              763,795                   3.687%                  0.308% 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  A                                       9,888,194                                          3.995% 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) 
  of the Regulations 
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                                                               Number of voting 
                                                                rights that 
   Type of financial     Expiration     Exercise/ Conversion    may be acquired 
   instrument            datex          Periodxi                if the instrument           % of voting 
                                                                is exercised/converted.     rights 
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                                      SUBTOTAL B.1 
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 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the 
  Regulations 
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                                      Exercise/     Physical 
   Type of financial     Expiration    Conversion    or                     Number        % of voting 
   instrument            datex         Period xi     cash settlementxii     of voting     rights 
                                                                            rights 
--------------------  -------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------  -------------- 
 
 
 
                                                    SUBTOTAL 
                                                     B.2 
                                                   --------------------  ------------  -------------- 
 
 
 10. Information in relation to the person subject to 
  the notification obligation (please tick the 
  applicable box): 
 
 
  [ ] Person subject to the notification obligation is 
  not controlled by any natural person or legal entity 
  and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding 
  directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) 
  issuer.xiii 
 
 
  [ ] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which 
  the voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting with 
  the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv: 
                                                 % of voting rights 
                           % of voting rights     through financial     Total of both 
   Namexv                  if it equals           instruments if        if it equals 
                           or is higher           it equals or          or is higher 
                           than the notifiable    is higher than        than the notifiable 
                           threshold              the notifiable        threshold 
                                                  threshold 
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Aviva Investors 
 Global Services 
 Limited                             3.995%                                        3.995% 
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Aviva plc (Parent 
 Company) 
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Aviva Group Holdings 
 Limited (wholly 
 owned subsidiary 
 of Aviva plc) 
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Aviva Investors 
 Holdings Limited 
 (wholly owned 
 subsidiary of 
 Aviva Group Holdings 
 Limited) 
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Aviva Investors 
 Global Services 
 Limited (wholly 
 owned subsidiary 
 of Aviva Investors 
 Holdings Limited) 
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11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date]

12. Additional informationxvi: Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 247,489,466 as per the Company's Acquisition Update Announcement of 23 November 2016.

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The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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