NextEnergy Solar Fund Limited TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares (1438B)

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RNS Number : 1438B

NextEnergy Solar Fund Limited

02 October 2015

 
 
  TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying           Next Energy Solar Fund Ltd (BJ0JVY0) 
  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                                            X 
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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: 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject             Smith and Williamson Holdings Limited 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                As detailed in Section 9. 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date           N/A 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:             2(nd) October 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                           5% 
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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 of   Situation previous                Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 shares           to the triggering 
                  transaction 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN CODE 
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                 Number           Number           Number         Number of voting         % of voting rights (x) 
                  of               of               of shares      rights 
                  Shares           Voting 
                                   Rights 
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                                                   Direct         Direct      Indirect     Direct           Indirect 
                                                                  (xi)        (xii) 
--------------    ---  --------  -----  ------    -------------  ----------  -----------  ---------------  ------------ 
 
 
  GG00BJ0JVY01   12,928,613       5.38%                                       12,934,613                    4.65% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial      Expiration       Exercise/                   Number of voting              % of voting 
  instrument             date (xiii)      Conversion Period (xiv)     rights that may be            rights 
                                                                      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 rights      % of voting rights (xix, 
 financial         price          date (xvii)    Conversion       instrument refers to         xx) 
 instrument                                      period (xviii) 
----------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------  ---------------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                                                               Nominal         Delta 
----------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------  ---------------------------  --------------  --------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                 Percentage of voting rights 
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 12,934,613                                              4.65% 
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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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 Smith & Williamson Nominees Limited, a subsidiary of Smith & Williamson 
  Investment Services Limited, subsidiary of Smith & Williamson Holdings 
  Limited - 12,098,113 shares 
 
  BNP Paribas as custodian for Smith & Williamson Investment Services Limited, 
  a subsidiary of Smith & Williamson Holdings Limited - 86,500 shares. 
 
  BNP Paribas Securities Services as custodian for Smith & Williamson Investment 
  Management (Ireland) Limited, a subsidiary of Smith & Williamson Holdings 
  Limited - 750,000 shares. 
 
 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: 
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 14. Contact name: 
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 15. Contact telephone number: 
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