McCarthy & Stone PLC Holding(s) in Company (2418A)

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RNS Number : 2418A

McCarthy & Stone PLC

22 March 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                       McCarthy & Stone 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 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with 
  similar economic effect to qualifying 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. Full name of person(s)                                      Aviva plc & its subsidiaries 
  subject to the notification 
  obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                      Registered Holder: 
  (if different from 
  3.):(iv)                                                           Available on Request 5,735* 
 
                                                                     Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 
                                                                     20,856,375* 
 
                                                                     Chase Nominees Limited 211,751* 
 
                                                                     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) 
                                                                     Limited 11,252,961* 
 
                                                                     State Street Nominees Limited 
                                                                     3,191,392* 
 
                                                                     *denotes direct interest 
 
                                                                     Chase Nominees Limited 1,476,321 
 
                                                                     Vidacos Nominees Limited 1,757,311 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                     21 March 2017 
  and date on which the 
  threshold is crossed 
  or reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                        22 March 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that                                           7% to 6% Change at Direct Interest 
  is/are crossed or reached:                                     Level (Box 8A) 
  (vi, vii) 
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 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 
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                   Number            Number        Number         Number of voting          % of voting 
                    of                of            of shares      rights                    rights (x) 
                    Shares            Voting 
                                      Rights 
----------------  ----------------  ------------  -------------  ------------------------  ------------------- 
                                                   Direct         Direct       Indirect     Direct   Indirect 
                                                                   (xi)         (xii) 
----------------  ----------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
 Ordinary 
  Shares 
 
 
  GB00BYNVD082     44,665,843*       44,665,843*   38,751,846     35,518,214   3,233,632    6.61%      0.60% 
                  ----------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
 
 
   * (includes Right to recall loaned shares (1,953,530) 
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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/                    Number of voting          % of voting 
 financial          date              Conversion                   rights that               rights 
 instrument         (xiii)            Period (xiv)                 may be 
                                                                   acquired if 
                                                                   the 
                                                                   instrument 
                                                                   is 
                                                                   exercised/ 
                                                                   converted. 
----------------  ----------------  ---------------------------  ------------------------  ------------------- 
                                                                  3,168,875* 
 RIGHT TO RECALL 
  LOANED SHARES    N/A               N/A                           * Direct Interest        0.59% 
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 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 financial   Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of voting     % of voting 
  instrument          price      date         Conversion    rights instrument    rights (xix, 
                                 (xvii)       period        refers to            xx) 
                                              (xviii) 
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                                                                                Nominal   Delta 
------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  -------------------  --------  ------ 
 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
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 41,920,721                7.80% 
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 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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 The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva 
  Investors Global Services Limited and Friends Provident 
  International Limited, with the following chain of controlled 
  undertakings:- 
 
  Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: 
   *    Aviva plc (Parent Company) 
 
 
   *    Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary 
        of Aviva plc) 
 
 
   *    Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned 
        subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) 
 
 
   *    Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned 
        subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited) 
 
 
 
  Friends Provident International Limited: 
   *    Aviva plc (Parent Company) 
 
 
   *    Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary 
        of Aviva plc) 
 
 
   *    Friends Provident International Limited (wholly owned 
        subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                    See Section 4 
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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:                      Figures are based on a total 
                                                   number of voting rights of 
                                                   537,320,041, as per the Company's 
                                                   Total Voting Rights Announcement 
                                                   of admission to trading on 
                                                   the London Stock Exchange 
                                                   announcement of 1 March 2017. 
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 14. Contact name: 
                                                      Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                    01603 684420 
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