Pets At Home Group Plc TR-1 Notifcation of Major Interest In Shares (3734I)

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RNS Number : 3734I

Pets At Home Group Plc

16 June 2017

 
 For filings with the FCA 
  include the annex 
 For filings with issuer exclude 
  the annex 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                              Pets at Home Group 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                                                             ü 
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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                                         Type 1 disclosure as per the Transparency         ü 
  specify):                                            Directive II Regulation 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                                   Schroders plc 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                                     15.06.17 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                                        16.06.17 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                                Going above 10% 
  crossed 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 
  of                to the triggering               triggering transaction 
  shares            transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                   Number         Number           Number            Number of                % of voting 
                    of             of               of shares         voting                   rights (x) 
                    Shares         Voting                             rights 
                                   Rights 
----------------  -------------  ---------------  ----------------  -----------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                   Direct            Direct     Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
                                                                     (xi)        (xii) 
----------------    -----------  -------------    ----------------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
    Ordinary 
                                 -------------                                 ------------ 
  GB00BJ62K685      35,688,978      29,224,785       59,740,957        N/A      50,736,166        N/A        10.147% 
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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. 
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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           Exercise       Expiration     Exercise/           Number of voting           % of voting 
  financial         price          date          Conversion           rights instrument          rights (xix, 
  instrument                       (xvii)        period               refers to                  xx) 
                                                 (xviii) 
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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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                    50,736,166                                                    10.147% 
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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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  Schroder & Co. Limited                     2,562,270   0.512% 
   Schroders (C.I.) Limited                     258,426   0.052% 
   Schroder Investment Management Limited    46,475,066   9.295% 
   Schroder Investment Management (North 
    America) Limited                          1,440,404   0.288% 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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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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                                                                    The shares referred to in 
  13. Additional information:                                       section 9 are held in portfolios 
                                                                    managed by those firms on 
                                                                    a discretionary basis for 
                                                                    clients under investment 
                                                                    management agreements. This 
                                                                    disclosure has been calculated 
                                                                    based on issue share capital 
                                                                    amount 500,000,000 

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 14. Contact name: 
                                                                              Shaheen Hussain 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                                 020 7658 6000 
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