Notification of major holdings

B&M European Value Retail S.A.

15 December 2023

 

15 December 2023

B&M European Value Retail S.A. (the "Company")

Notification of major holdings

We refer to the Company's announcement made on 13 December 2023.

The Company has been informed that the Company's Group Trading Director, Bobby Arora's beneficial shareholding in the Company via SSA Investments S.ar.l. ("SSA") remains unchanged and the Placing Shares involved in the placing undertaken by SSA were those held ultimately for the benefit of its (indirect) shareholders Simon and Robin Arora and do not include any related to its indirect shareholder Bobby Arora.

The Company has now received the TR-1 notification below from SSA which is being published by the Company in accordance with its obligations under the Disclosure, Guidance and Transparency Rules.

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

LU1072616219

Issuer Name

B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL S.A.

UK or Non-UK Issuer

Non-UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

SSA Investments S.àr.l.

City of registered office (if applicable)

Luxembourg

Country of registered office (if applicable)

Luxembourg

4. Details of the shareholder

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)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

13-Dec-2023

6. Date on which Issuer notified

13-Dec-2023

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% 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	4.194000	0.000000	4.194000	42059428
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	6.988000	0.000000	6.988000

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

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)
LU1072616219	34003934	8055494	3.391000	0.803000
Sub Total 8.A	42059428		4.194000%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

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

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

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

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

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
Simon Arora	SSA Investments S.àr.l.
Bobby Arora	SSA Investments S.àr.l.
SSA Investments S.àr.l.		4.194000		4.194000%

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional Information

The 8,055,494 shares in the Issuer held indirectly (section 7) are held by Praxis Nominees Limited, as a nominee for SSA Investments. The voting rights attached to these shares will be exercised by Praxis Nominees Limited as instructed by SSA Investments." For reference, historic DTR5 notification: https://otp.tools.investis.com/clients/uk/bandm1/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=904&newsid=1544280

12. Date of Completion

14-Dec-2023

13. Place Of Completion

Luxembourg

 

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