Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Next Fifteen Communications Plc

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

ISIN

GB0030026057

Issuer Name

NEXT FIFTEEN COMMUNICATIONS GROUP PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Name

Aggregate of abrdn plc affiliated investment management entities with delegated voting rights on behalf of multiple managed portfolios

City of registered office (if applicable)

Edinburgh

Country of registered office (if applicable)

United Kingdom

Full name of shareholder(s) if different from the person(s) subject to the notification obligation, above

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

15-Jun-2022

16-Jun-2022

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	6.083233	0.000000	6.083233	5,975,092
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	8.11	0.00	8.11

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB0030026057		5,975,092		6.083233
Sub Total 8.A	5,975,092		6.083233

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B1

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B2

2. 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 entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited
abrdn plc	abrdn Investment Management Limited
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
abrdn plc	Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited
abrdn plc	Ignis Asset Management Limited
abrdn plc	Ignis Investment Services Limited
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited
abrdn plc	abrdn Capital Limited

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed by the named discretionary investment management entity within multiple portfolios on behalf of underlying clients, based on investment management agreements whereby the client has delegated the exercise of the voting power to the referenced investment manager.

This disclosure is to reflect the fact that the voting rights held by the underlying investment management entity abrdn Investment Management Limited (“aIML”) decreased below the 5% notifiable threshold due to trading on 15 June 2022. Prior to this crossing, aIML held the delegated voting rights to 5.005549% of the shares in Next Fifteen Communications Group plc.

Contact Next 15: Mark Sanford, General Counsel & Company Secretary, [phone].

LEI: 213800BK9MBUZUUPMZ63

16-Jun-2022

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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