Marston's PLC Holding(s) in Company (0017L)

TIDMMARS

RNS Number : 0017L

Marston's PLC

16 April 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                                          Marston's plc 
  or the underlying issuer 
  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                                                         The Capital Group Companies, 
                                                                      Inc. ("CGC") 
 City and country of registered                                Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA 
  office (if applicable) 
 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                                      12 April 2018 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                                    13 April 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 attached       rights through       both in %       of voting 
                                 to shares             financial        (8.A + 8.B)      rights of 
                                 (total of            instruments                        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 
  or reached                     4.9684%                0.0000%           4.9684%       187,009,863 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)                    6.0061%                0.0000            6.0061% 
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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) 
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 Ordinary 
  Shares 
  (ISIN:GB00B1JQDM80)                              9,291,379                                        4.9684% 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A                                 9,291,379                                    4.9684% 
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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 financial        Expiration             Exercise/       Number of voting                % of voting 
  instrument               date(x)                Conversion      rights that                     rights 
                                                  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                          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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 The Capital 
  Group Companies, 
  Inc. 
  Holdings by 
  CG Management 
  companies are 
  set out below: 
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 -- Capital Research 
  and Management 
  Company(1) 
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 (1) Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 
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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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 CGC is the parent company of Capital Research and Management 
  Company ("CRMC"). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management 
  company that manages the American Funds family of mutual 
  funds. CRMC manages equity assets for various investment 
  companies through three divisions, Capital Research 
  Global Investors, Capital International Investors and 
  Capital World Investors. CRMC in turn is the parent 
  company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"), 
  which in turn is the parent company of five investment 
  management companies ("CGII management companies"): 
  Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International, 
  Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International 
  Sàrl and Capital International K.K. The CGII management 
  companies primarily serve as investment managers to 
  institutional clients. 
 
  Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of 
  Marston's plc for its own account. Rather, the shares 
  reported on this Notification are owned by accounts 
  under the discretionary investment management of one 
  or more of the investment management companies described 
  above. 
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 Place of completion   Los Angeles, CA, USA 
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 Date of completion    13 April 2018 
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