City of London Investment Group PLC Holding(s) in Company (9370T)

TIDMCLIG

RNS Number : 9370T

City of London Investment Group PLC

18 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                   16/10/2017 
  was crossed or reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                 17/10/2017 
  (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) 
---------------------  ------------------------  ----------------  ---------------  ------------- 
 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached            10.03%                    0.00%             10.04%           26,861,707 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)           9.97%                     0.00%             9.97% 
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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                                     2,696,107                                  10.03% 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A                                 2,696,107                                   10.03% 
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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 
                                   rights if           rights through         both if 
                                   it equals              financial          it equals 
                                 or is higher            instruments        or is higher 
                              than the notifiable       if it equals          than the 
                                   threshold            or is higher         notifiable 
                                                     than the notifiable     threshold 
                                                          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    9.63%                                         9.63% 
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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    17 October, 2017 
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