City of London Investment Group PLC Holding(s) in Company (2359T)

TIDMCLIG

RNS Number : 2359T

City of London Investment Group PLC

10 October 2017

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant 
  issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer                                  City of London Investment 
  or the underlying issuer                                           Group PLC 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are attached: 
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 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer 
  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate) 
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 Non-UK issuer 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate 
  box or boxes with an "X") 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                              X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of 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. Details of person subject to the notification obligation 
 Name                                             BlackRock, Inc. 
 City and country of registered                   Wilmington, DE, USA 
  office (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) 
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 Name 
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 City and country of registered 
  office (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold                   09/10/2017 
  was crossed or reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                 10/10/2017 
  (DD/MM/YYYY): 
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 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
  obligation 
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                              % of voting           % of voting        Total of      Total number 
                            rights attached       rights through       both in %      of voting 
                               to shares             financial        (8.A + 8.B)     rights of 
                               (total of            instruments                       issuer 
                                 8. A)               (total of 
                                                    8.B 1 + 8.B 
                                                        2) 
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 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached            9.97%                     0.00%             9.97%            26,861,707 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)           10.00%                    0.00%             10.01% 
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 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the 
  date on which the threshold was crossed or reached 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type             Number of voting rights                   % of voting rights 
  of 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
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                                Direct              Indirect               Direct              Indirect 
                               (Art 9 of            (Art 10 of            (Art 9 of            (Art 10 of 
                               Directive            Directive             Directive            Directive 
                              2004/109/EC)         2004/109/EC)         2004/109/EC)          2004/109/EC) 
                                (DTR5.1)            (DTR5.2.1)            (DTR5.1)             (DTR5.2.1) 
--------------------   ------------------------  --------------  -------------------------  -------------- 
 GB00B104RS51                                     2,678,877                                  9.97% 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A                                 2,678,877                                   9.97% 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) 
  of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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 Type of financial      Expiration                Exercise/       Number of voting           % of voting 
  instrument             date                      Conversion      rights that                rights 
                                                   Period          may be acquired 
                                                                   if the instrument 
                                                                   is 
                                                                   exercised/converted. 
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 Securities 
  Lending                                                         1,850                      0.00% 
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                                                  SUBTOTAL 8. 
                                                   B 1                     1,850             0.00% 
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 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
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 Type of               Expiration                 Exercise/       Physical      Number       % of voting 
  financial             date                      Conversion      or cash        of voting    rights 
  instrument                                      Period          settlement     rights 
--------------------  -------------------------  --------------  ------------  -----------  -------------- 
 
 
 
                                                                  SUBTOTAL 
                                                                   8.B.2 
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 9. Information in relation to the person subject to 
  the notification obligation (please mark the 
  applicable box with an "X") 
 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 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which                            X 
  the voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting 
  with the ultimate controlling natural person or 
  legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary) 
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           Name               % of voting          % of voting            Total of both 
                              rights if it        rights through           if it equals 
                              equals or is     financial instruments       or is higher 
                              higher than          if it equals         than the notifiable 
                             the notifiable        or is higher              threshold 
                               threshold        than the notifiable 
                                                     threshold 
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 BlackRock, Inc. 
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 BlackRock Holdco 
  2, Inc. 
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 BlackRock Financial 
  Management, 
  Inc. 
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 BlackRock International 
  Holdings, Inc. 
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 BR Jersey International 
  Holdings L.P. 
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 BlackRock Group 
  Limited 

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 BlackRock Investment 
  Management (UK) 
  Limited                   9.56%                                      9.56% 
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 BlackRock, Inc. 
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 BlackRock Holdco 
  2, Inc. 
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 BlackRock Financial 
  Management, 
  Inc. 
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 BlackRock International 
  Holdings, Inc. 
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 BR Jersey International 
  Holdings L.P. 
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 BlackRock Group 
  Limited 
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 BlackRock Advisors 
  (UK) Limited 
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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder 
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 The number and % of voting 
  rights held 
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 The date until which the 
  voting rights will be held 
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 11. Additional information 
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   BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team 
 
   Jana Blumenstein 
 
 
   020 7743 3650 
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 Place of completion   12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, 
                        U.K. 
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 Date of completion    10 October, 2017 
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