Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FCA include the annex                                              
                                                                                        
For filings with issuer exclude the annex                                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer              Fidelity European Values
of existing shares to which voting rights are                   Plc                     
attached:ii                                                                             
                                                                                        
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                             
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying 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                                   X    
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                       RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC    
notification obligation:iii                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                               RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC    
                                                                Rathbone Investment     
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                  Management Limited      
 (if different from 3.):iv                                      Rathbone Investment     
                                                             Management International   
                                                                      Limited           
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                 24th March 2014       
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                 25th March 2014       
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                  5%              
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                                   
                                                                                                       
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                           
                                                                                                       
Class/type   Situation previous                   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
of           to the triggering                                                                         
shares       transaction                                                                               
                                                                                                       
             Number                 Number        Number   Number of voting        % of  voting rights 
if possible  of                     of            of       rights                  x                   
using        Shares                 Voting        shares                                               
the ISIN                            Rights                                                             
CODE                                              Direct   Direct xi Indirect xii  Direct  Indirect    
                                                                                                       
Ordinary                                                                                               
Shares                                                                                                 
             2,092,395              2,092,395     N/A      N/A       2,104,025     N/A     5.01%       
GB0003375820                                                                                           
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                    
                                                                                                       
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                   
                                                                                                       
Type of        Expiration            Exercise/              Number of voting             % of voting   
financial      date xiii             Conversion Period xiv  rights that may be           rights        
instrument                                                  acquired if the                            
                                                            instrument is                              
                                                            exercised/ converted.                      
                                                                                                       
N/A            N/A                   N/A                    N/A                          N/A           
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                          
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                    
                                                                                                       
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                   
                                                                                                       
Type of       Exercise price        Expiration  Exercise/  Number of voting rights    % of voting      
financial                           date xvii   Conversion instrument refers to       rights xix, xx   
instrument                                      period                                                 
                                                xviii                                                  
                                                                                                       
                                                                                      Nominal Delta      
N/A           N/A                   N/A         N/A        N/A                                         
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                          
                                                                                                       
Number of voting rights                                  Percentage of voting rights                   
                                                                                                       
2,104,025                                                5.01%                                         
                                                                                                       


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC*                                                                  
                                                                                        
Rathbone Investment Management Limited                              4.94989%            
                                                                                        
Rathbone Investment Management International Limited          0.06338%                  
                                                                                        
*Rathbone Brothers Plc is the holding company of the above.                             
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                           
                                                    N/A                                 
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                                     
to hold:                                                                                
                                                    N/A                                 
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                                       
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                    N/A                                 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                              Total shares in issue used as denominator:
13. Additional information:                                                             
                                              41,969,032                                
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                             COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT                     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                                           
                                              020 7399 0000                             
                                                                                        

 


 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                              
                                                                                        
Full name                                            Jenny Thompson For and on behalf of
                                                                                        
                                                           FIL Investments International
                                                                                        
Contact address                                   Kingswood Place, Millfield Lane, Lower
                                                    Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 6RB
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                                                    
                                                                            01737 836869
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Other useful information                                                                
                                                                                        
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or                                        
legal entity subject to the notification                                                
obligation)                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
C: Additional information