Essentra plc Holding(s) in Company (9062O)

TIDMESNT

RNS Number : 9062O

Essentra plc

24 August 2017

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) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer or the                                           Essentra PLC 
  underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to which voting rights are attached 
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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 
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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)                                                                                  X 
 
  Completion of the court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement and all-share 
  merger under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 of Aberdeen Asset 
  Management PLC and Standard Life plc which became effective on 14 
  August 2017. As a consequence various investment management companies 
  having delegated voting rights across a number of client portfolios 
  have become affiliated entities (per FCA Glossary definition) and 
  threshold limits have been triggered. 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation 
 Name                                                Aggregate of Standard Life Aberdeen 
                                                      plc affiliated investment management 
                                                      entities with delegated voting rights 
                                                      on behalf of multiple managed portfolios 
 City and country of registered office               Edinburgh, Scotland 
  (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) 
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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 was                  14/08/2017 
  crossed or reached 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):      16/08/2017 
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 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation 
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                                 % of voting          % of voting rights       Total of both     Total number 
                               rights attached         through financial        in % (8.A +       of voting rights 
                               to shares (total           instruments               8.B)          of issuer 
                                   of 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               7.35                      0.66                    8.01                109,098,781 
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 Position of               N/A                       N/A                     N/A 
  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 
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  A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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  Class/type of    Number of voting rights                      % of voting rights 
   shares 
   ISIN code (if 
   possible) 
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                         Direct                Indirect                      Direct                        Indirect 
                   (Art 9 of Directive   (Art 10 of Directive          (Art 9 of Directive           (Art 10 of Directive 
                      2004/109/EC)           2004/109/EC)             2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)              2004/109/EC) 
                        (DTR5.1)              (DTR5.2.1)                                                  (DTR5.2.1) 
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  GB00B0744359     N/A                   19,310,054             N/A                                 7.35 
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  SUBTOTAL 8. A                    19,310,054                                              7.35 
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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                  Conversion Period      rights that may                     rights 
  instrument                                                     be acquired if 
                                                                 the instrument 
                                                                 is 
                                                                 exercised/converted. 
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  Rights to 
   recall 
   lent shares                                                  1,745,289                           0.66 
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                                         SUBTOTAL 8. B 1        1,745,289                           0.66 
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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 or   Number of             % of voting 
  financial       date                   Conversion              cash         voting rights          rights 
  instrument                             Period                  settlement 
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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 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights                                       X 
  and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
  controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional 
  rows as necessary) 
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      Name             % of voting               % of voting rights                        Total of both if 
                        rights if                 through financial                         it equals or is 
                        it equals                 instruments if it                         higher than the 

                       or is higher              equals or is higher                     notifiable threshold 
                         than the                than the notifiable 
                        notifiable                    threshold 
                        threshold 
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 Standard Life 
  Investments 
  Limited                 3.55                          0.00                                     3.55 
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 Ignis 
  Investment 
  Services 
  Limited                 0.96                          0.00                                     0.96 
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 Standard Life 
  Wealth Limited          0.00                          0.00                                     0.00 
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 Aberdeen Asset 
  Managers 
  Limited                 1.93                          0.66                                     2.59 
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 Aberdeen Asset 
  Investments 
  Limited                 0.91                          0.00                                     0.91 
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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 rights       N/A 
  held 
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 The date until which the voting         N/A 
  rights 
  will be held 
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 11. Additional information 
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   As a result of the completion of the court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement 
   and all-share merger under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 of Aberdeen 
   Asset Management PLC and Standard Life plc which became effective on 
   14 August 2017, this notification details the assets under management 
   of the new Combined Group ('Standard Life Aberdeen plc') as of the dates 
   noted above. 
 
   In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed by the named 
   discretionary investment management entity within multiple portfolios 
   on behalf of underlying clients, based on investment management agreements 
   whereby the client has delegated the exercise of the voting power to 
   the referenced investment manager. 
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 Place of completion   Aberdeen, United Kingdom 
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 Date of completion    16/08/2017 
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