UDG Healthcare Public Limited Co. Holding(s) in Company (3737B)

TIDMUDG TIDMPRU

RNS Number : 3737B

UDG Healthcare Public Limited Co.

06 October 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying             UDG Healthcare PLC 
  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             Prudential plc group of companies 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                         Prudential plc 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                          M&G Group Limited 
                                                          M&G Limited 
                                               M&G Investment Management Limited 
                                                     M&G Securities Limited 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                    01 October 2015 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                      02 October 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                      See Item 13 
  or 
   reached: (vi, vii)                                       5% - 4% 
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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 triggering 
  of             to the triggering                      transaction 
  shares         transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                Number           Number                Number          Number of voting              % of voting rights 
                 of               of                    of shares       rights                        (x) 
                 Shares           Voting 
                                  Rights 
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                                                       Direct          Direct (xi)    Indirect       Direct       Indirect 
                                                                                       (xii) 
-------------      ---  ------    ------  -----  ---  --------------  -------------  -------------  -----------  ------------ 
 IE0033024807     12,496,521         12,496,521         12,293,598      12,293,598         0           5.02%           0 
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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                 rights that may           rights 
                                            (xiv)                             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 rights 
 financial           price          date (xvii)    Conversion      rights instrument              (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                        period          refers to 
                                                   (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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 12,293,598                                                       5.02% 
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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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   Prudential plc (parent Company) - 12,293,598 (5.02%) 
   M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) - 12,293,598 
   (5.02%) 
   M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) - 12,293,598 
   (5.02%) 
   M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) 
   - 12,293,598 (5.02%) 
   M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) - 12,201,671 
   (4.98%) 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                       N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                       N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                        N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                             M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned 
  13. Additional information:                 subsidiary of M&G Limited) has moved 
                                              below 5% to a 4% notifiable interest 
                                              triggering this notification. 
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 14. Contact name:                           Ravi Patel / Owen Smith 
                                              M&G Investment Management Limited 
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 15. Contact telephone number:               020 7004 4177 / 020 7004 4517 
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