Big Yellow Group PLC Holding(s) in Company (9435L)

TIDMBYG

RNS Number : 9435L

Big Yellow Group PLC

24 July 2017

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 
 1a. Identity of the issuer                          Big Yellow Group Plc 
 or the underlying issuer 
 of existing shares to which 
 voting rights are 
 attached(ii) 
 : 
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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)(iii) : 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
 Name                            Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 
                                  and its group 
 City and country of 
 registered                        Minneapolis, USA 
 office (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
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 Name                            Bank Lombard Odier & Co Ltd 
                                  Chase Nominees Ltd 
                                  Nortrust Nominees LTD 
                                  Securities Services Nominees 
                                  Limited 
                                  State Street Bank & Trust 
                                  Boston 
                                  Vidacos Nominees Ltd 
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 City and country of 
 registered 
 office (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the            20/07/2017 
 threshold 
 was crossed or reached(vi) 
 : 
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 6. Date on which issuer         24/07/2017 
 notified 
 (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         rights         both in %       of voting 
                    attached       through        (8.A + 8.B)      rights of 
                   to shares      financial                        issuer(vii) 
                   (total of     instruments 
                     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         5.272%         0.000%          5.272%                157,930,107 
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 Position             N/A            N/A              N/A 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable) 
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 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the 
  date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii) 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type of    Number of voting rights(ix)   % of voting 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 
                   Directive      Directive                Directive             of Directive 
                  2004/109/EC)   2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC) 
                    (DTR5.1)      (DTR5.2.1)               (DTR5.1)               (DTR5.2.1) 
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 GB0002869419          0          8,325,402                 0.000%                  5.272% 
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 SUBTOTAL 8. 
  A                        8,325,402                               5.272% 
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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          Expiration     Exercise/      Number of voting                 % of voting 
  financial        date(x)        Conversion     rights that                      rights 
  instrument                      Period(xi)     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(x)       Conversion     or cash           of voting       rights 
  instrument                     Period         settlement(xii)   rights 
                                 (xi) 
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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(xiii) 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which                                  X 
  the voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting 
  with the ultimate controlling natural person or 
  legal entity(xiv) (please add additional rows as 
  necessary) 
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    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                 or is higher                     threshold 
                   notifiable          than the notifiable 
                   threshold                threshold 
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 Ameriprise           %              %                                % 
  Financial, 
  Inc. 
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 Ameriprise           %              %                                % 
  International 
  Holdings GmbH 
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 Threadneedle         %              %                                % 
  Asset 
  Management 
  Holdings SARL 
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 Threadneedle         %              %                                % 
  Holdings 
  Limited 
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 TAM UK               %              %                                % 
  Holdings 
  Limited 
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 Threadneedle         %              %                                % 
  Asset 
  Management 
  Holdings 
  Limited 
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 TC Financing         %              %                                % 
  Limited 
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 Threadneedle         %              %                                % 
  Asset 
  Management 
  Limited 
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 Ameriprise           %              %                                % 
  Financial, 
  Inc. 
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 Columbia             %              %                                % 
  Management 
  Investment 
  Advisers, LLC 
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 Ameriprise           %              %                                % 
  Financial, 
  Inc. 
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 Columbia             %              %                                % 
  Management 
  Investment 
  Advisers, LLC 
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 Columbia             %              %                                % 
  Wanger 
  Asset 
  Management, 
  LLC 
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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder        N/A 
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 The number and % of voting      N/A 
  rights held 
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 The date until which the        N/A 
  voting rights will be held 
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 11. Additional information(xvi) 
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   Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC is wholly owned 
   by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, which 
   is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 
 
   Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned 
   by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned 
   by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which 
   is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which 
   is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, 
   which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management 
   Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise 
   International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly 
   owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 
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 Place of completion   Swindon, UK 
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 Date of completion    24/07/2017 
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