GKN PLC Holding(s) in Company

 
TIDMGKN 
 
GKN plc (the "Company") 
 
                 Legal Entity Identifier: 213800QNZ22GS95OSW84 
 
The following notification was received yesterday by the Company. 
 
Katie Lewis 
 
Assistant Secretary 
 
19 July 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)i 
 
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                          GKN PLC 
issuer of existing shares to which voting 
rights are attachedii: 
 
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer   (please mark with an "X" 
if appropriate) 
 
Non-UK issuer 
 
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with 
an "X") 
 
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                               X 
 
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
 
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
 
Other (please specify)iii: 
 
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv 
 
Name                                            Vulcan Value Partners, LLC, a Delaware 
                                                limited liability company ("Vulcan") 
 
                                                C.T Fitzpatrick, an individual resident of 
                                                Alabama, United States of America 
 
City and country of registered office (if       See above 
applicable) 
 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v 
 
Name                                            Vulcan Value Partners, LLC is the investment 
                                                advisor to (1) Vulcan Value Partners Fund, a 
                                                US mutual fund, (2) Vulcan Global Value Fund, 
                                                plc, an Irish domiciled UCITS fund, and (3) a 
                                                number of separately-managed client accounts. 
 
                                                The custodian for the US mutual fund is BNY 
                                                Mellon. 
 
                                                The custodian for the UCITS fund is Sumitomo 
                                                Mitsui Trustees (Ireland) Limited. 
 
                                                Various custodians, numbering 42 in total, 
                                                serve as 
                                                custodian for the separately-managed 
                                                accounts. See additional information for the 
                                                full list. 
 
City and country of registered office (if 
applicable) 
 
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or                                      12/07/2017 
reachedvi: 
 
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):                                     18/07/2017 
 
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation 
 
                      % of voting     % of voting rights  Total of both in  Total number of 
                    rights attached   through financial     % (8.A + 8.B)   voting rights of 
                   to shares (total      instruments                        issuervii 
                       of 8. A)       (total of 8.B 1 + 
                                            8.B 2) 
 
Resulting          Below 5%          N/A                  Below 5%          Below 5% 
situation on the 
date on which 
threshold was 
crossed or reached 
 
Position of        5.38%             N/A                  5.38% 
previous 
notification (if 
applicable) 
 
 
 
 
8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the 
threshold was crossed or reachedviii 
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 
Class/type of        Number of voting rightsix             % of voting rights 
shares 
ISIN code (if             Direct            Indirect              Direct             Indirect 
possible)                (Art 9 of         (Art 10 of       (Art 9 of Directive     (Art 10 of 
                      Directive 2004/  Directive 2004/109/ 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)  Directive 2004/ 
                     109/EC) (DTR5.1)    EC) (DTR5.2.1)                               109/EC) 
                                                                                    (DTR5.2.1) 
 
Ordinary Shares      N/A               Below 5%            N/A                   Below 5% 
GB0030646508 
 
American             N/A               Below 5%            N/A                   Below 5% 
Depository 
Receipts 
US3617556069 
 
SUBTOTAL 8. A                      Below 5%                               Below 5% 
 
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
(DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
 
Type of financial    Expiration Exercise/               Number of voting rights  % of voting 
instrument           datex      Conversion Periodxi     that may be acquired if  rights 
                                                        the instrument is 
                                                        exercised/converted. 
 
N/A 
 
                                SUBTOTAL 8. B 1         N/A                      N/A 
 
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1) 
(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
 
Type of          Expiration     Exercise/       Physical or cash  Number of      % of voting 
financial        datex          Conversion      settlementxii     voting rights  rights 
instrument                      Period xi 
 
N/A 
 
                                                SUBTOTAL 8.B.2    N/A            N/A 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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) issuerxiii 
 
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or               x 
the 
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as 
necessary) 
 
        Namexv          % of voting rights if    % of voting rights      Total of both if it 
                       it equals or is higher     through financial      equals or is higher 
                         than the notifiable      instruments if it      than the notifiable 
                              threshold          equals or is higher          threshold 
                                                 than the notifiable 
                                                      threshold 
 
C.T Fitzpatrick 
 
Vulcan Value Partners, 
LLC 
 
C.T Fitzpatrick 
 
Vulcan Value Partners, 
LLC 
 
Vulcan Value Partners 
Fund 
 
C.T Fitzpatrick 
 
Vulcan Value Partners, 
LLC 
 
Vulcan Global Value 
Fund, plc 
 
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
 
Name of the proxy holder 
 
The number and % of voting rights held 
 
The date until which the voting rights will be 
held 
 
11. Additional informationxvi 
 
The 42 custodians referred to in item 4 above are as 
follows: 
Amalgamated Bank of Chicago 
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH 
Bank of Hawaii 
Bank of Oklahoma 
BB&T 
BESSEMER TRUST 
BMO HARRIS 
BNY Wealth Management 
BNYMellon 
Citi Private Bank 
Comerica Bank 
Fidelity 
Fiduciary Trust 
Fifth Third Bank 
First Hawaiian Bank 
First Western 
Harris Bank 
JP Morgan 
M&T Bank 
MACATAWA BANK 
Mellon Asset Servicing 
Merrill Lynch 
Morgan Stanley 
National Financial Services LLC 
NorthernTrust 
Pershing 
PNC Bank 
RAYMOND JAMES 
RBC Bank 
Regions Trust 
ROPES AND GRAY/SEI PRIVATE TRUST COMPANY 
SALEM TRUST 
Schwab 
State Street 
State Street Bank and Trust 
SunTrust Bank 
UMB BANK 
US BANK 
US Trust 
Wells Fargo 
Wilmington Trust 
Goldman Sachs 
 
 
 
 
Place of completion  London, UK 
 
Date of completion   18 July 2017 
 
 
 
END 
 

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