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MERL Merlin Entertainments Plc

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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Merlin Entertainments Plc LSE:MERL London Ordinary Share GB00BDZT6P94 ORD 1P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 454.60 454.60 454.70 0.00 01:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
0 0 N/A 0

Merlin Entertainments plc Holding(s) in Company (4654Y)

05/12/2017 4:00pm

UK Regulatory


TIDMMERL

RNS Number : 4654Y

Merlin Entertainments plc

05 December 2017

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (i) 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 1a. Identity of the issuer                                     Merlin Entertainments Plc 
  or the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are attached(ii) 
  : 
-------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------- 
 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer 
  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate) 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Non-UK issuer 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate 
  box or boxes with an "X") 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                  X 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 Other (please specify)(iii) : 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------- 
 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
 Name                                               Marathon Asset Management 
                                                     LLP 
 City and country of registered                     London, UK 
  office (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Name                                               Please see box 11 for breakdown 
-------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------- 
 City and country of registered 
  office (if applicable) 
-------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------- 
 5. Date on which the threshold                     4(th) December 2017 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
-------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------- 
 6. Date on which issuer notified                   5(th) December 2017 
  (DD/MM/YYYY): 
-------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------- 
 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
  obligation 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                               % 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(vii) 
                                   8. A)               (total of 
                                                      8.B 1 + 8.B 
                                                          2) 
----------------------  -------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached             5.02                       0                 5.02              1,019,572,449 
----------------------  -------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 Position                N/A                        N/A               N/A 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable) 
----------------------  -------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 
 
 
 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the 
  date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii) 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Class/type              Number of voting rights(ix)            % of voting rights 
  of 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
---------------------- 
                                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) 
---------------------   ---------------------  --------------  ------------------------------  --------------- 
 Ordinary 
  shares - 
  GB00BDZT6P94                                  51,147,937                                      5.02 
----------------------  ---------------------  --------------  ------------------------------  --------------- 
 
 
 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A                                51,147,937                                     5.02 
----------------------  -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 
 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) 
  of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of financial       Expiration             Exercise/       Number of voting                % of voting 
  instrument              date(x)                Conversion      rights that                     rights 
                                                 Period(xi)      may be acquired 
                                                                 if the instrument 
                                                                 is 
                                                                 exercised/converted. 
----------------------  ---------------------  --------------  ------------------------------  --------------- 
 
                                                SUBTOTAL 8. 
                                                 B 1 
                                               --------------  ------------------------------  --------------- 
 
 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of                Expiration              Exercise/       Physical           Number       % of voting 
  financial              date(x)                Conversion      or cash             of voting    rights 
  instrument                                    Period          settlement(xii)     rights 
                                                (xi) 
---------------------  ----------------------  --------------  -----------------  -----------  --------------- 
 
                                                                SUBTOTAL 
                                                                 8.B.2 
                                                               -----------------  -----------  --------------- 
 
 
 
 
 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(xiii) 
 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(xiv) (please add additional rows as 
  necessary) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------- 
        Name(xv)            % 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 
-----------------------  ----------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 William Arah 
-----------------------  ----------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 Neil Ostrer 
-----------------------  ----------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 Jeremy Hosking 
-----------------------  ----------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 Marathon Asset 
  Management (Services) 
  Ltd 
-----------------------  ----------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
 
 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Name of the proxy holder 
-----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 The number and % of voting 
  rights held 
-----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 The date until which the 
  voting rights will be held 
-----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
 11. Additional information(xvi) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Marathon Asset Management LLP controls a total of 59,967,789 
  shares on behalf of underlying investors but only has 
  authority to vote in connection with 51,147,937 shares. 
 
  Breakdown of shares controlled by Marathon Asset Management 
  LLP: 
   Custodian                  Nominal 
  -------------------------  ----------- 
   Bank of New York Mellon    11,640,176 
  -------------------------  ----------- 
   Brown Brothers Harriman    491,653 
  -------------------------  ----------- 
   HSBC Bank Plc              929,616 
  -------------------------  ----------- 
   JP Morgan Chase            2,488,857 
  -------------------------  ----------- 
   Northern Trust             28,037,298 
  -------------------------  ----------- 
   Royal Bank of Canada       54,993 
  -------------------------  ----------- 
   State Street Bank & 
    Trust Company, Boston     16,325,196 
  -------------------------  ----------- 
   Total                      59,967,789 
  -------------------------  ----------- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Matthew Jowett 
  Company Secretary 
  Merlin Entertainments Plc 
  Link House, 25 West Street, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1LD 
  01202 634 955 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 Place of completion   London, UK 
--------------------  -------------------- 
 Date of completion    5(th) December 2017 
--------------------  -------------------- 
 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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