SVG Capital PLC Holding(s) in Company (5108E)

TIDMSVI

RNS Number : 5108E

SVG Capital PLC

08 May 2017

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

SVG Capital Plc

2. Reason for the notification

(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (X )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued

to which voting rights are attached: (   ) 

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments ( )

   An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (   ) 
   Other (please specify) (    ) 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

Morgan Stanley (Institutional Securities Group and Global Wealth Management)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):

3rd May 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

5th May 2017

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

6%*

8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
 Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE     Situation previous to the triggering transaction 
                                                   Number of shares       Number of voting rights 
 Ordinary Shares 
  GB0007892358                                     1,332,174              1,332,174 
 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
 
Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE   Number of shares  Number of voting rights    % of voting rights 
                                                 Direct            Direct         Indirect    Direct     Indirect 
Ordinary Shares 
 GB0007892358                                     1,184,448        1,184,448       0           5.001%     0.0% 
 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
 Type of            Expiration   Exercise/conversion   No. of voting         % of voting 
  financial          date         period/date           rights that           rights 
  instrument                                            may be acquired 
                                                        (if the instrument 
                                                        exercised/ 
  Right                                                 converted) 
  of recall                       N/A 
  over securities    N/A                                345,096               1.46% 
  lending 
  agreements 
 
 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
 Type of       Expiration   Exercise/conversion   No. of voting   % of voting 
  financial     date         period/date           rights that     rights 
  instrument                                       instrument 
                                                   refers to       nominal 
                                                                   delta 
 
 

Total (A+B+C)

 
 Number of voting rights   % of voting rights 
 1,529,544                 6.46 % 
 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable(:)

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Legal & Compliance Department, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is a direct holder of 1,509,171 voting rights (6.37%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK)

Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), 20 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4AD, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect holder of 1,509,171 voting rights (6.37%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley UK Group

Morgan Stanley UK Group, 25 Cabot Square, LNCS/5, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect holder of 1,509,171 voting rights (6.37%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Limited

Morgan Stanley International Limited, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect holder of 1,509,171 voting rights (6.37%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc.

Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., c/o The Corporation Trust Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, USA. is an indirect holder of 1,509,171 voting rights (6.37%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley.

10. Name of proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date of which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional Information:

*Morgan Stanley's total holding in SVG Capital plc remains above the 6% threshold previously disclosed however, this notification is being made on the basis that Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, has crossed a relevant component level threshold in its own right.

14. Contact name:

Stuart Ballard

Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

0203 457 0090

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