Shaftesbury PLC Holding(s) in Company (9788Y)

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RNS Number : 9788Y

Shaftesbury PLC

11 December 2017

Shaftesbury PLC

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

Shaftesbury PLC announces that on 11 December 2017, it received the Notification of Major Interests in Shares set out below.

Penny Thomas

Company Secretary

Shaftesbury PLC

020 7333 8118

11 December 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                   Shaftesbury PLC 
  the underlying issuer                                          GB0007990962 
  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 
                                                                               X 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                  Norges Bank 
  subject 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                                 11 December 2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                    11 December 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                Above 9%, 10%, 11%, 12% 
  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) 
-------------      -----------    -----------    -------------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
                                                                                              12.66 
 GB0007990962   24,934,100       24,934,100       38,861,854     38,861,854                    % 
               ---------------  ---------------  -------------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration     Exercise/                       Number of voting               % of voting 
 financial           date           Conversion                      rights that                    rights 
 instrument          (xiii)         Period (xiv)                    may be 
                                                                    acquired if 
                                                                    the 
                                                                    instrument 
                                                                    is 
                                                                    exercised/ 
                                                                    converted. 
-----------------  -------------  ------------------------------  -----------------------------  --------------------- 
 
   N/A                N/A            N/A                             N/A                            N/A 
-----------------  -------------  ------------------------------  -----------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 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) 
---------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------  -----------------------------  ----------------------- 
 N/A              N/A            N/A            N/A              N/A                            Nominal       Delta 
---------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------  -----------------------------  ------------  --------- 
                                                                                                N/A           N/A 
-------------      -----------    -----------      -----------    -----------  ------------    ------------  --------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights 
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 38,861,854                                         12.66 % 
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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 
 
 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:                               Sai Aanandha Shankhar 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                   [phone] 
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