SVG Capital PLC Holding(s) in Company (6700S)

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RNS Number : 6700S

SVG Capital PLC

23 December 2016

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

SVG Capital Plc

2. Reason for the notification

(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued

to which voting rights are attached: (   ) 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

Other (please specify) (X)

Shareholding reduction following recent share buy-back

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

Aviva plc & its subsidiaries

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) :

 
 Registered Holder: 
 Available on Request               2,934* 
 BNY Norwich Union Nominees         `156,969* 
  Limited 
 Chase (GA Group) Nominees 
  Limited                           4,856,301* 
 Chase Nominees Limited 
                                    58,420* 
  HSBC Global Custody Nominee 
  (UK) Limited                       201,502* 
 
   State Street Nominees Limited 
   * denotes direct interest          119,833* 
 Chase Nominees Limited             188,024 
 Vidacos Nominees Limited           38,903 
 

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):

21 December 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

22 December 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

7% to 5% Change at Direct Interest Level

8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
 Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE     Situation previous to the triggering transaction 
                                                   Number of shares       Number of voting rights 
 Ordinary Shares 
  GB0007892358                                     8,188,252              8,188,252 
 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
 
Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE   Number of shares  Number of voting rights    % of voting rights 
                                                 Direct            Direct         Indirect    Direct    Indirect 
Ordinary Shares 
 GB0007892358                                    5,622,886          5,395,959     226,927     5.04%     0.21% 
 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
 Type of       Expiration   Exercise/conversion   No. of voting rights     % of voting 
  financial     date         period/date           that may be acquired     rights 
  instrument                                       (if the instrument 
                                                   exercised/ converted) 
 
 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
 Type of       Expiration   Exercise/conversion   No. of voting rights   % of voting 
  financial     date         period/date           that instrument        rights 
  instrument                                       refers to              nominal delta 
 
 

Total (A+B+C)

 
 Number of voting rights   % of voting rights 
 5,622,886                 5.25% 
 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable(:)

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited & Friends Provident International Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:-

Aviva Investors Global Services Limited:

   --      Aviva plc (Parent Company) 
   --      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) 
   --      Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) 

-- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)

Friends Provident International Limited:

   --      Aviva plc (Parent Company) 
   --      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) 
   --      Aviva Life Holdings UK Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) 
   --      Friends Life FPG Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Life Holdings UK Limited) 
   --      Friends Life FPL Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life FPG Limited) 
   --      Friends Life Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life FPL Limited) 
   --      Friends Life and Pensions Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life Limited) 

-- Friends Provident International Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life and Pensions Limited)

10. Name of proxy holder:

See section 4

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date of which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional Information:

Figures are based on the total number of voting rights of 107,158,922 shares, as per the Company's Total Voting Rights Announcement of 16 December 2016.

14. Contact name:

Stuart Ballard

Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

0203 457 0090

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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