Plus500 Limited Holding(s) in Company (8621W)
14 February 2017 - 1:00PM
UK Regulatory
TIDMPLUS
RNS Number : 8621W
Plus500 Limited
14 February 2017
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)
--------------------------------------------------
1. Identity of the issuer or PLUS500 LTD
the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which
voting rights are
attached: (ii)
------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate
box or boxes):
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial
instruments which may result in the acquisition
of shares already issued to which voting rights
are attached
---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with X
similar economic effect to qualifying financial
instruments
---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
Other (please
specify):
--------------------------------------------------------- ----- ------------------------------
3. Full name of person(s) Morgan Stanley (Institutional
subject to the Securities Group and Global
notification obligation: Wealth Management)
(iii)
----------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):(iv)
----------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------
5. Date of the transaction 08.02.2017
and date on
which the threshold is
crossed or
reached: (v)
----------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------
6. Date on which issuer 14.02.2017
notified:
----------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------
7. Threshold(s) that is/are 6%*
crossed or
reached: (vi, vii)
----------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------
8. Notified details:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the
of to the triggering triggering transaction
shares transaction
if possible
using
the ISIN
CODE
------------- ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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)
------------- ------------ ----------- ----------------- ------------ ------------- --------- -----------
IL0011284465 1,646,535 1,646,535 469,635 469,635 0.41%
---------------- ------------- ----------------- ------------ ------------- --------- -----------
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
financial date (xiii) Conversion rights that rights
instrument Period (xiv) may be
acquired if
the
instrument
is
exercised/
converted.
--------------- --------------------------- ----------------- ------------------ ---------------------------------
Right of
recall
over
securities
lending
agreements N/A N/A 2,499,980 2.18%
--------------- --------------------------- ----------------- ------------------ ---------------------------------
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect
to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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)
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------- ------------------ -----------------------------------
Nominal Delta
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------- ------------------ ------------- --------------------
Equity Swap N/A 14.02.2017 N/A 4,500,000 N/A 3.92%
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------- ------------------ ------------- --------------------
Total (A+B+C)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
7,469,615 6.50%
------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the
voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
(xxi)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Legal & Compliance
Department, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14
4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is a direct holder of 7,469,615
voting rights (6.50%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan
Stanley Investments (UK)
Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), 20 Bank Street, Canary
Wharf, London, E14 4AD, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect
holder of 7,469,615 voting rights (6.50%) and is a subsidiary
of Morgan Stanley UK Group
Morgan Stanley UK Group, 25 Cabot Square, LNCS/5, Canary
Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect
holder of 7,469,615 voting rights (6.50%) and is a subsidiary
of Morgan Stanley International Limited
Morgan Stanley International Limited, 25 Cabot Square,
Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is an
indirect holder of 7,469,615 voting rights (6.50%) and
is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Holdings
Inc.
Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., c/o The
Corporation Trust Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center,
1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, USA.
is an indirect holder of 7,469,615 voting rights (6.50%)
and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley
Proxy Voting:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
---------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------
11. Number of voting rights proxy N/A
holder will cease
to hold:
---------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------
12. Date on which proxy holder will N/A
cease to hold
voting rights:
---------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------
Morgan Stanley's total holding
13. Additional information: in remains above the 6.00%
threshold previously disclosed,
however, this notification
is being made on the basis
that the holding in sections
8(b)+8(c) has crossed a relevant
threshold in their own right
at the component level.
---------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------
14. Contact name: Craig Horsley
---------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------
15. Contact telephone number: +44 141 245-7736
---------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
END
HOLOKQDPBBKDOBD
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 14, 2017 08:00 ET (13:00 GMT)