Shaftesbury PLC Holding(s) in Company (7381G)

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RNS Number : 7381G

Shaftesbury PLC

31 May 2017

Shaftesbury PLC

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

Shaftesbury PLC announces that on 31 May 2017, it received the Notification of Major Interests in Shares set out below.

Penny Thomas

Company Secretary

Shaftesbury PLC

020 7333 8118

31 May 2017

 
 
 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                      Shaftesbury 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                              Yes 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial                       No 
  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                           No 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         No 
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 Other (please                                                            No 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                           Invesco Ltd. 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
  (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                                          30 May 2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                                      31 May 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                     10% 
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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 
-------------  --------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
                Number                      Number            Number     Number of               % of voting 
                 of                          of               of          voting                  rights (x) 
                 Shares                      Voting           shares      rights 
                                             Rights 
-------------  --------------------------  ----------------  ---------  ----------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                              Direct     Direct     Indirect     Direct        Indirect 
                                                                         (xi)        (xii) 
-------------      ---------  -----------      ------------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
 Ordinary 
 25p Shares 
 
 GB0007990962   30,698,004                  30,698,004                              30,654,140                 10.98% 
               --------------------------  ----------------  ---------  ---------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 
 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. 
-----------------  ------------------------  ---------------------------  ------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 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) 
---------------  -----------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------------------------  ----------------------- 
                                                                                                   Nominal       Delta 
---------------  -----------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                        Percentage of voting rights 
-------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 30,654,140                                                     10.98% 
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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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 Invesco Asset Management Limited - 30,634,409 
  Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 19,731 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:               Invesco (UK) Ltd. 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy                  N/A 
  holder will cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will                N/A 
  cease to hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                            Philippa Holmes 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                 01491 417 000 
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