Pets At Home Group Plc Holding(s) in Company (4978S)

TIDMPETS TIDMSDR

RNS Number : 4978S

Pets At Home Group Plc

25 June 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                                      Pets at Home Group 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) : Type 1 Disclosure                                             X 
  as per the Transparency Directive II Regulation 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
 Name                                                                Schroders plc 
 City and country of registered                                        London, UK 
  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                                        22.06.2018 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                                      25.06.2018 
  (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) 
----------------------  -------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  ------------- 
 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                     16.071%                0.139%            16.210%       500,000,000 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)                    15.928%                0.082%            16.009% 
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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) 
 ----------------   ---------------  --------------  -----------------------------  ---------------- 
  GB00BJ62K685                         80,355,635                                        16.071% 
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  SUBTOTAL 
   8. A                        80,355,635                                16.071% 
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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 voting               % of voting 
  financial           date(x)          Conversion      rights that                    rights 
  instrument                           Period(xi)      may be acquired 
                                                       if the instrument 
                                                       is 
                                                       exercised/converted. 
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                                      SUBTOTAL 8. 
                                       B 1 
                                     --------------  -----------------------------  ---------------- 
 
  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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         CFD               N/A              N/A             Cash          694,939         0.139% 
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                                                      SUBTOTAL 
                                                       8.B.2             694,939         0.139% 
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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 
                              rights if it            rights through            both if it 
                              equals or is               financial               equals or 
                               higher than              instruments              is higher 
                             the notifiable            if it equals              than the 
                                threshold              or is higher             notifiable 
                                                         than the                threshold 
                                                        notifiable 
                                                         threshold 
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 Schroders plc 
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 Schroder 
 Administration 
 Limited 
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 Schroder Wealth 
  Holdings Limited 
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 Schroder & Co. 
  Limited 

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 Schroders plc 
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 Schroder 
 Administration 
 Limited 
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 Schroder Wealth 
  Holdings Limited 
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 Schroders (C.I.) 
  Limited 
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 Schroders plc 
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 Schroder 
 Administration 
 Limited 
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 Schroder 
 International 
 Holdings Limited 
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 Schroder 
  Investment 
  Management 
  Limited                       15.144%                     N/A                  15.283% 
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 Schroder 
  Investment 
  Management North 
  America Limited 
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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   London 
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 Date of completion    25.06.2018 
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