Porta Communications PLC Holding(s) in Company (1985N)

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RNS Number : 1985N

Porta Communications PLC

04 August 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                                     Porta Communications 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 
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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) : allotment of new shares                                         x 
  and a debt for equity swap 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
 Name                                              Morton PTC Limited as Trustee 
                                                    of the Morton Family Trust 
                                                    (MFT), Hawk Investment Holdings 
                                                    Limited (HIHL), Morton PTC 
                                                    Limited as Trustee of The 
                                                    Edward Trust (ET), Retro 
                                                    Grand Limited (RGL), Seraffina 
                                                    Holdings Limited (SHL), Groundlinks 
                                                    Limited (GL) Hawk Pension 
                                                    Fund Limited (HPFL) 
 City and country of registered                     HIHL - St Peter Port, Guernsey 
  office (if applicable)                             RGL - Tortola, British Virgin 
                                                     Islands 
                                                     SHL - Tortola, British Virgin 
                                                     Islands 
                                                     GL - Tortola, British Virgin 
                                                     Islands 
                                                     HPFL - St Helier, Jersey 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
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 Name                                              Retro Grand Limited 
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 City and country of registered                    Tortola, British Virgin Islands 
  office (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold                    3 August 2017 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                  4 August 2017 
  (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             6.83                                         6.83                443,341,441 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)            5.44                                         5.44 
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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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 GB00B71C7K21                 69,054,007                                    15.58 
                                (HIHL) 
 
                              30,262,931                                     6.83 
                                 (RGL) 
 
                                450,000                                      0.10 
                                 (SHL) 
 
                               6,750,000                                     1.52 
                                 (GL) 
 
                                850,000                                      0.19 
                                (HPFL) 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A                               107,367,008                                    24.22 
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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 
  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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 MFT as sole 
  shareholder 
  of HIHL. The 
  Board of Directors 
  of the Morton 
  PTC are Albany 
  Directors Limited, 
  Mr Anthony David 
  Holt, Robert 
  Walter Morton 
  (RWM) and Susan 
  Margaret Howard 
  Morton (SMHM). 
  The adult beneficiaries 
  of The Morton 
  Family Trust 
  are SMHM, RWM, 
  Charles Morton 
  (CNM), Edward 
  Morton (EM) 
  and Andrew Morton 
  (ARM)                      0                 0                        0 
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 HIHL                        15.58             0                        15.58 
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 ET as sole shareholder 
  of RGL . The 
  ultimate beneficiary 
  of ET is EGM               0                 0                        0 
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 RGL                         6.83              0                        6.83 
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 SHL - the ultimate 
  beneficiary 
  of SHL is CNM              0.10              0                        0.10 
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 GL - the ultimate 
  beneficiary 
  of GL is ARM               1.52              0                        1.52 
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 HPFL - the ultimate 
  beneficiary 
  of HPFL is SMHM            0.19              0                        0.19 
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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   St Peter Port, Guernsey 
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 Date of completion    4 August 2017 
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