Watkin Jones plc Notification of Major Interest in Shares (0321C)

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RNS Number : 0321C

Watkin Jones plc

16 January 2018

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant 
  issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer                                       Watkin Jones PLC 
  or the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are attached: 
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 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer 
  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate) 
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 Non-UK issuer 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate 
  box or boxes with an "X") 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                               X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please specify): 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation 
 Name                                             Woodford Investment Management 
                                                   Ltd 
 City and country of registered                   9400 Garsington Road, Oxford, 
  office (if applicable)                           OX4 2HN, United Kingdom 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) 
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 Name                                             Clients of Woodford 
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 City and country of registered 
  office (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold                   15/01/2018 
  was crossed or reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                 16/01/2018 
  (DD/MM/YYYY): 
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 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
  obligation 
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                              % of voting           % of voting        Total of      Total number 
                            rights attached       rights through       both in %      of voting 
                               to shares             financial        (8.A + 8.B)     rights of 
                               (total of            instruments                       issuer 
                                 8. A)               (total of 
                                                    8.B 1 + 8.B 
                                                        2) 
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 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                    13.33%                                  13.33%       255,268,875.00 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)                   12.14%                12.14%            12.14% 
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 8. Notified details of the resulting situation 
  on the date on which the threshold was crossed 
  or reached 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type        Number of voting                % of voting rights 
  of                rights 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
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                   Direct          Indirect        Direct          Indirect 
                    (Art 9 of       (Art 10 of      (Art 9 of       (Art 10 of 
                    Directive       Directive       Directive       Directive 
                    2004/109/EC)    2004/109/EC)    2004/109/EC)    2004/109/EC) 
                    (DTR5.1)        (DTR5.2.1)      (DTR5.1)        (DTR5.2.1) 
----------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  -------------- 
 GB00BD6RF223      34,048,732.00                   13.33% 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A             34,048,732.00                   13.33% 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) 
  of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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 Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of voting        % of voting 
  instrument          date         Conversion    rights that             rights 
                                   Period        may be acquired 
                                                 if the instrument 
                                                 is 
                                                 exercised/converted. 
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                                  SUBTOTAL 8. 
                                   B 1 
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 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic 
  effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 
  2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
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 Type of       Expiration   Exercise/     Physical      Number       % of voting 
  financial     date         Conversion    or cash       of voting    rights 
  instrument                 Period        settlement    rights 
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                                          SUBTOTAL 
                                           8.B.2 
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 9. Information in relation to the person subject 
  to the notification obligation (please mark the 
  applicable box with an "X") 
 Person subject to the notification obligation 
  is not controlled by any natural person or 
  legal entity and does not control any other 
  undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly 
  an interest in the (underlying) issuer 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through 
  which the voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held 
  starting with the ultimate controlling natural 
  person or legal entity (please add additional 
  rows as necessary) 
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         Name             % of voting          % of voting            Total of both 
                          rights if it        rights through           if it equals 
                          equals or is     financial instruments       or is higher 
                          higher than          if it equals        than the notifiable 
                         the notifiable        or is higher             threshold 
                           threshold        than the notifiable 
                                                 threshold 
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 Woodford Investment 
  Management Ltd        13.33             0.00                     13.33 
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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder 
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 The number and % of voting 
  rights held 
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 The date until which the 
  voting rights will be held 
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 11. Additional information 
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 Place of completion   9400 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2HN, United 
                        Kingdom 
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 Date of completion    15/01/2018 
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