Plant Health Care PLC Holding(s) in Company (7959J)

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RNS Number : 7959J

Plant Health Care PLC

30 June 2017

 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                                         Plant Health Care 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                                              Disclosure due to increased aggregation       X 
  specify):                                                 of holdings (See 'Box 13 - Additional 
                                                            Information' below) 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                                 Richard Griffiths and controlled 
  subject to the                                                                               undertakings 
  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                                                                    26 June 2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                                                       29 June 2016 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                                      > 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37% 
  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 
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                                                   Direct         Direct         Indirect     Direct        Indirect 
                                                                   (xi)           (xii) 
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  GB00B01JC540 
  Ordinary 
  1p             46,929,262       46,929,262       54,823,502     54,823,502                  37.09% 
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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           Conversion                      rights that                   rights 
                      (xiii)         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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 54,823,502                                          37.09% 
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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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   Blake Holdings 
     Limited                    25,362,429 
    Seren Capital Management 
     Limited                    19,697,795 
    Oak Trust Limited              238,949 
    Richard Griffiths 
     direct holdings               868,806 
    Sarossa Plc                  7,894,240 
    Richard Griffiths 
     indirect holdings             761,283 
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    Total                       54,823,502 
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   The above undertakings are all controlled by Richard 
   Griffiths. 
 
 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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  13. Additional information:                                    Sarossa Plc has now become 
                                                                 a controlled undertaking 
                                                                 of Richard Griffiths for 
                                                                 DTR rule purposes. As such 
                                                                 Sarossa Plc's shareholding 
                                                                 in Plant Health Care Plc, 
                                                                 as shown in box 9, is now 
                                                                 aggregated into 'Richard 
                                                                 Griffiths and controlled 
                                                                 undertakings' disclosures. 

                                                                 The movement in shares in 
                                                                 this disclosure is due to 
                                                                 that aggregation and no further 
                                                                 shares in Plant Health Care 
                                                                 Plc were acquired by Richard 
                                                                 Griffiths, his controlled 
                                                                 undertakings or Sarossa Plc 
                                                                 as part of this disclosure. 
                                                                 Sarossa Plc is part of the 
                                                                 concert party for which a 
                                                                 whitewash wavier has been 
                                                                 granted and as there is no 
                                                                 movement in the shares held 
                                                                 by that concert party no 
                                                                 bid is therefore triggered. 
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 14. Contact name:                                                                James Sutcliffe 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                                    [phone] 
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