SVG Capital PLC Holding(s) in Company (2025J)

TIDMSVI

RNS Number : 2025J

SVG Capital PLC

26 June 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: (   ) 

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 (X)

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

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

Weiss Asset Management LP

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

Brookdale International Partners, L.P.

Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund[1]

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

22 June 2017, 23 June 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

23 June 2017

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

> 21%, 22%, 23%, 24%, 25%, 26%

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                                     0                      0 
 

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                                     0                 0           0              0.0%      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/ 
                                                   converted) 
 
 

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 
 CFD            n/a           n/a                    6,161,589       20.04% 1 
 

Total (A+B+C)

 
 Number of voting rights   % of voting rights 
 6,161,589                 26.02 % 
 

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

Brookdale International Partners, L.P.: 3,820,184 voting rights/financial instruments (16.13 %)

Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund: 2,341,405 voting rights/financial instruments (9.89 %)

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:

14. Contact name:

Stuart Ballard

Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

0203 457 0090

[1] Weiss Asset Management LP is the Investment Manager to Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund and Brookdale International Partners, L.P.

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