DFS Furniture plc Holding(s) in Company (1275F)

TIDMDFS

RNS Number : 1275F

DFS Furniture plc

16 February 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)(i) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer                        DFS Furniture Plc 
  or the underlying issuer                          GB00BTC0LB89 
  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                                              UBS Investment Bank 
                                                    UBS Group AG 
 City and country of registered                    Zürich 
  office (if applicable)                            Switzerland 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
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 Name 
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 City and country of registered 
  office (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold                    8 February 2018 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                  12 February 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          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) 
----------------  --------------  --------------  ---------------------------------  --------------- 
 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold            Below           Below 
  was crossed       Notifiable      Notifiable             Below Notifiable 
  or reached         Threshold       Threshold                 Threshold               211'658'656 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)          5.25%             -                      5.25% 
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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        Number of voting rights(ix)     % of voting rights 
  of 
  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) 
 ---------------  --------------  --------------  ---------------------------------  --------------- 
  GB00BTC0LB89                         Below                                              Below 
                                    Notifiable                                          Notifiable 
                                     Threshold                                          Threshold 
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 SUBTOTAL           Below Notifiable Threshold                Below Notifiable Threshold 
  8. A 
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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 
  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 notifiable          or is higher              threshold 
                     threshold          than the notifiable 
                                             threshold 
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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(xvi) 
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 Place of completion   Opfikon, Switzerland 
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 Date of completion    12.02.2018 
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