WYG Plc Holding(s) in Company (7963N)

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RNS Number : 7963N

WYG Plc

28 October 2016

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or 
  the underlying issuer                                                       WYG plc 
  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 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                           Henderson Group plc 
  subject to the 
  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                                            27 October 2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                               28 October 2016 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                      Voting rights attached to 
  crossed or                                                      shares have crossed above 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                              11% (refer to section 13) 
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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                            Resulting situation after the 
  of             previous                             triggering transaction 
  shares         to the 
                 triggering 
  if possible    transaction 
  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) 
-------------    -------------    --------------    --------------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Ordinary         7,522,444          7,522,444                                   7,572,444                    11.02% 
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 GB00B5N5WH70 
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 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. 
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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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      CFD                                                                   2,104,414           Nominal       Delta 
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                                                                                                   3.06% 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                               Percentage of voting rights 
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                      9,676,858                                                    14.08% 
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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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   See Annex 1 below. 
 
 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 disclosure is due to 
                                                                 an increase in the ordinary 
                                                                 share holding above the 11% 
                                                                 threshold. The combined holding 
                                                                 still remains within the 
                                                                 14% threshold level. 
 
                                                                 This disclosure has been 
                                                                 calculated based on voting 
                                                                 rights in issue amount 68,703,286. 
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 14. Contact name:                                                        Scott Dickenson 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                             020 7818 4184 
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 Annex 1: Information in relation to the person subject 
  to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable 
  box): 
 

  [ ] 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.(xiii) 
 
  [X] 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(xiv) : 
        Name(xv)            % 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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 Henderson Group             Below 5%              Below 5%                Below 5% 
  plc, Henderson 
  Group Holdings 
  Asset Management 
  Limited, HGI 
  Asset Management 
  Group Limited, 
  Henderson Global 
  Group Limited, 
  Henderson Holdings 
  Group Limited, 
  HGI Group Limited, 
  Henderson Global 
  Investors (Holdings) 
  Limited, AlphaGen 
  Capital Limited 
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 Henderson Group 
  plc, Henderson 
  Group Holdings 
  Asset Management 
  Limited, HGI 
  Asset Management 
  Group Limited, 
  Henderson Global 
  Group Limited, 
  Henderson Holdings 
  Group Limited, 
  HGI Group Limited, 
  Henderson Global 
  Investors (Holdings) 
  Limited, Henderson 
  Global Investors 
  Limited                     10.14%                  -                     10.14% 
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