The Gym Group plc Holding(s) in Company (3736K)

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RNS Number : 3736K

The Gym Group plc

20 September 2016

 
 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 
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                                                                               The Gym Group Plc 
  1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to 
  which voting rights 
  are attached: 
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   2. Reason for notification (yes/no) 
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                                                                                                               Yes 
   An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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                                                                                                               No 
   An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of 
   shares already issued to which voting rights are attached 
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                                                                                                               No 
   An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
   instruments 
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                                                                                                               No 
   An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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                                                                                                               No 
   Other (please specify):___________________________ 
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                                                           Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group 
  3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification 
  obligation: 
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                                                           Vidacos Nominees Ltd 
   4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):    HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited 
                                                            Nortrust Nominees Ltd 
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                                                           16(th) September 2016 
  5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold 
  is crossed or reached: 
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                                                           20(th) September 2016 
   6. Date on which issuer notified: 
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                                                           Above the threshold of 5% 
   7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 
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 8: Notified Details 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type     Situation previous to the          Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 of shares      triggering transaction 
 If possible 
 use ISIN 
 code 
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                Number of        Number of         Number of shares     Number of voting rights            Percentage of voting rights 
                shares           voting rights 
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                                                     Direct              Direct             Indirect        Direct         Indirect 
-------------      -----------      ------------  -------------------  -----------------  --------------  ------------  ---------------- 
 GB00BZBX0P70        N/A               N/A         118,508              118,508            7,381,124       0.092%        5.757% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration       Exercise/ conversion period          No. of voting rights that may be   Percentage of voting rights 
 financial          date                                                  acquired if the instrument is 
 instrument                                                               exercised/converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise Price   Expiration date   Exercise /             No. of voting    Percentage of voting rights 
 financial                                           conversion period      rights 
 instrument                                                                 instrument 
                                                                            refers to 
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                                                                                             Nominal                       Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                               Percentage of voting rights 
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 7,499,632                                             5.850% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial 
  instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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 Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (5.850%) 
  Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself 
  wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned 
  by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, 
  which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself 
  wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise 
  Financial, Inc. 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of proxy holder:                               N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease     N/A 
 to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold       N/A 
 voting rights: 
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 13. Additional information:                             The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and 
                                                         funds managed 

                                                         on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 9. 
                                                         Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies. 
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 14 Contact name:                                        Mark Powney, Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd. 
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 15. Contact telephone name:                             [phone] 
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