McColl's Retail Group plc Holding(s) in Company (5616K)

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RNS Number : 5616K

McColl's Retail Group plc

22 September 2016

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES (i) 
 
 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the        McColl's Retail Group plc 
  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                        YES 
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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) subject           Aberforth Partners LLP 
  to the notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)         Shareholder Shares 
  (if different from 3.): (iv)           1.Aberforth Smaller Companies 
                                         Trust plc 7,207,555 
                                         2.Aberforth UK Small Companies 
                                         Fund 1,228,270 
                                         3.Aberforth Geared Income 
                                         Trust plc 2,628,700 
                                         4.The National Trust for Places 
                                         of Historic 
                                         Interest or Natural Beauty 
                                         541,089 
 
                                         Shares are registered in the 
                                         name of Nortrust Nominees 
                                         Ltd 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date 
  on which the threshold is crossed 
  or reached: (v)                                   20/09/2016 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                 21/09/2016 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                  10% 
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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 triggering 
  of               to the triggering         transaction 
  shares           transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                  Number       Number       Number       Number of voting      % of voting rights 
                   of           of           of shares    rights                (x) 
                   Shares       Voting 
                                Rights 
---------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------------  --------------------- 
                                            Direct       Direct   Indirect     Direct     Indirect 
                                                          (xi)     (xii) 
---------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 Ordinary 
  GB00BJ3VW957    10,809,425   10,809,425   11,605,614   N/A      11,605,614   N/A        10.08% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Expiration     Exercise/       Number of voting         % of voting 
  instrument          date (xiii)    Conversion      rights that              rights 
                                     Period (xiv)    may be 
                                                     acquired if 
                                                     the 
                                                     instrument is 
                                                     exercised/ converted. 
------------------  -------------  --------------  -----------------------  ------------ 
  N/A                 N/A            N/A             N/A                      N/A 
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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) 
------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  -------------------  ---------------- 
                                                                                Nominal   Delta 
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 N/A                 N/A        N/A          N/A           N/A                   N/A       N/A 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
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  10,809,425                10.08% 
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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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   Held by Aberforth Partners LLP 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:          N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy      N/A 
  holder will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will    N/A 
  cease to hold voting rights: 
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 13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                 Pauline Robson, Aberforth 
                                    Partners LLP 
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 15. Contact telephone number:     0131 220 0733 
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