Next PLC Holding(s) in Company (4894T)

TIDMNXT

RNS Number : 4894T

Next PLC

05 January 2017

 
 
 
 
 TR-1: Notification of Major Interest In Shares 
 
 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the        Next 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                        X 
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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       Norges Bank 
  to the notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)              N/A 
  (if different from 3.): (iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date   04 January 2017 
  on which the threshold is crossed 
  or reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:     05 January 2017 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed      Above 3% 
  or 
  reached: (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 triggering 
  of              to the triggering       transaction 
  shares          transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
--------------  ----------------------  --------------------------------------------------------- 
                 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) 
--------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------  ---------  ---------  ---------- 
 GB0032089863    4,060,553   4,060,553   4,341,553    4,341,553              2.95% 
--------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------  ---------  ---------  ---------- 
 
 
 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. 
--------------------  --------------  ---------------  -----------------------  ------------ 
 Shares on loan 
  (right to recall)    N/A              At any time      78,291                   0.05% 
--------------------  --------------  ---------------  -----------------------  ------------ 
 
 
 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 
------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  -------------------  --------  ------ 
 N/A                 N/A        N/A          N/A           N/A                   N/A      N/A 
------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  -------------------  --------  ------ 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
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  4,419,844                3.01% 
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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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   N/A 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:          Norges Bank 
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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:       None 
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 14. Contact name:                 Seonna Anderson 
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 15. Contact telephone number:    0116 284 2170 
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