Plant Health Care PLC Holding(s) in Company (9645M)

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RNS Number : 9645M

Plant Health Care PLC

02 August 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                                              Transaction between concert party        X 
  specify):                                                 members (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                                                              2 August 2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                                                 2 August 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                                                     > 38% 
  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) 
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  GB00B01JC540 
  Ordinary 
  1p             54,823,502       54,823,502       56,560,632     56,560,632                  38.26% 
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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 
----------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------  ----------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                             Percentage of voting rights 
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 56,560,632                                          38.26% 
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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 Investment Management 
     Limited                       19,697,795 
    Sarossa Plc                     9,631,370 
    Oak Trust Limited                 238,949 
    Richard Griffiths 
     direct holdings                  868,806 
    Richard Griffiths 
     indirect holdings                761,283 
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    Total                          56,560,632 
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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:                                    This increase in shares held 
                                                                 by Sarossa Plc represents 
                                                                 a sale of shares by Quoram 
                                                                 Plc to Sarossa Plc. 
 
                                                                 Both Quoram Plc and Sarossa 
                                                                 Plc are part of the concert 
                                                                 party group for which a whitewash 
                                                                 wavier has been granted and 
                                                                 as such there is no movement 
                                                                 in the shares held by that 

                                                                 concert party and 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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