Johnston Press PLC Holding(s) in Company (9621S)

TIDMJPR

RNS Number : 9621S

Johnston Press PLC

06 October 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) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer                                 Johnston Press plc 
  or the underlying issuer                                Legal Entity Identifier: 
  of existing shares to which                               213800JFIBCR4LGUA242 
  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) 
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 Name                                                                        Custos Equity AS 
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 City and country of registered                                                  Oslo, Norway 
  office (if applicable) 
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 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 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  :                                                                            4/10-5/10-2017 
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 6. Date on which issuer 
  notified (DD/MM/YYYY):                                                            6/10-2017 
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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 attached     rights through      both in      of voting 
                             to shares           financial        % (8.A +     rights 
                             (total of          instruments         8.B)       of issuer(vii) 
                               8. A)             (total of 
                                                8.B 1 + 8.B 
                                                    2) 
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 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed                                                                 105 877 
  or reached           12,57 %                                  12,57 %        777 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)          8,03 %                                   8,03 % 
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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                   % of voting rights 
  of                  rights(ix) 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
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                          Direct          Indirect                  Direct                 Indirect 
                         (Art 9 of         (Art 10                 (Art 9 of                (Art 10 
                         Directive       of 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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      GB00BRK8Y334   8 490 079                          8,02 % 
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                                        4 817 214                                        4,55 % 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A               13 307 893                         12,57 % 
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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                        % of voting 
  financial           date(x)            Conversion      voting rights                    rights 
  instrument                             Period(xi)      that 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") 
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 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) 
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 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 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   Custos Group/ [phone] 
                        53 Davies Street, London W1K 5JH 
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 Date of completion    6 Oktober 2017 
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