Modern Water PLC Notification of Major Interest in Shares (1862H)

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RNS Number : 1862H

Modern Water PLC

05 June 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                          Modern Water plc 
  the underlying 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 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                               X 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                        Janus Henderson Group plc 
  subject to the                                                 (previously named Henderson 
  notification obligation:                                                Group plc 
  (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                                              1 June 2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                                 2 June 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                           Below 11% & 10% 
  crossed 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 
 of             to the triggering                    triggering transaction 
 shares         transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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               Number            Number             Number          Number of                 % of voting 
                of                of                 of shares       voting                    rights (x) 
                Shares            Voting                             rights 
                                  Rights 
------------  ----------------  -----------------  --------------  ------------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                    Direct          Direct     Indirect       Direct        Indirect 
                                                                    (xi)        (xii) 
------------      ------------    -------------    --------------  ---------  -------------  ------------  ----------- 
  Ordinary        9,072,574         9,072,574                                   9,072,574                     9.50% 
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 GB00B1XF5X6 
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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 voting            % of voting 
 financial          date            Conversion                         rights that                 rights 
 instrument         (xiii)          Period (xiv)                       may be 
                                                                       acquired if 
                                                                       the 
                                                                       instrument 
                                                                       is 
                                                                       exercised/ 
                                                                       converted. 
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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 voting            % of voting 
 financial        price          date             Conversion         rights instrument           rights (xix, 
 instrument                      (xvii)           period             refers to                   xx) 
                                                  (xviii) 
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                                                                                                Nominal       Delta 
--------------  --------------  ---------------  ----------------  --------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights 
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                     9,072,574                                                     9.50% 
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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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   See Annex 1 below. 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy 
  holder will cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will 
  cease to hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information:                                    This disclosure has been 
                                                                 calculated using total voting 
                                                                 rights of 95,405,705. The 
                                                                 Situation Previous disclosure 
                                                                 was calculated using total 
                                                                 voting rights of 79,505,256. 
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 14. Contact name:                                              [e-mail] 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                              020 7818 4184 
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 Annex 1: Information in relation to the person subject 
  to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable 
  box): 
 
  [ ] 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) 
 
  [X] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which 
  the voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting 
  with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal 
  entity(xiv) : 
        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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 Henderson Group 
  plc, Henderson 
  Group Holdings 
  Asset Management 
  Limited, HGI 
  Asset Management 
  Group Limited, 
  Henderson Global 
  Group Limited, 
  Henderson Holdings 
  Group Limited, 
  HGI Group Limited, 
  Henderson Global 
  Investors (Holdings) 
  Limited, Henderson 
  Global Investors 
  Limited                      9.50%                  -                     9.50% 
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