Ei Group plc Holding(s) in Company (6871G)

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RNS Number : 6871G

Ei Group plc

31 May 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                                Ei Group plc 
  issuer 
  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 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments                                    X 
  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) subject                                           Morgan Stanley (Institutional Securities 
  to the                                                                        Group and Global Wealth Management) 
  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 and date                                                        25.05.2017 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                          30.05.2017 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                                                           5%* 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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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 previous         Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of               to the triggering          transaction 
 shares           transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN CODE 
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                 Number       Number        Number        Number of voting        % of voting 
                  of           of            of shares     rights                  rights (x) 
                  Shares       Voting 
                               Rights 
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                                            Direct        Direct       Indirect   Direct   Indirect 
                                                          (xi)         (xii) 
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 GB00B1L8B624    774,418      774,418       1,060,151     1,060,151               0.22% 
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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    % of voting 
 financial        date (xiii)               Conversion    voting        rights 
 instrument                                 Period        rights 
                                            (xiv)         that may 
                                                          be 
                                                          acquired 
                                                          if the 
                                                          instrument 
                                                          is 
                                                          exercised/ 
                                                          converted. 
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 Right of 
  recall 
  over 
  securities 
  lending 
  agreements               N/A                  N/A       8,244,190                 1.71% 
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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    % of voting rights 
 financial       price        date (xvii)   Conversion    voting        (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                 period        rights 
                                            (xviii)       instrument 
                                                          refers to 
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                                                                       Nominal           Delta 
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 Equity Swap        N/A       01.06.2017        N/A       15,800,000     N/A             3.28% 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
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 25,104,341                5.21% 
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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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 Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Legal & Compliance Department, 
  25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is a 
  direct holder of 25,104,341 voting rights (5.21%) 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 25,104,341 voting rights 
  (5.21%) 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 25,104,341 voting rights 
  (5.21%) 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 25,104,341 
  voting rights (5.21%) 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 25,104,341 voting rights 
  (5.21%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                            N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                            N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                             N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                                                          Morgan Stanley's total holding in 
  13. Additional information:                                              Enterprise Inns PLC remains above 
                                                                           the 5.00% 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. 
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 14. Contact name:                                                        Craig Horsley 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                            [phone] 
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