Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0519W

Chesnara PLC

12 April 2019

 

CHESNARA plc

("Chesnara" or "the Company")

 

LEI Number: 213800VFRMBRTSZ3SJ06

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:	Chesnara Plc
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
Name	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
City and country of registered office (if applicable)	Minneapolis, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
Name	HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd State Street Nominees Limited Nortrust Nominees LTD Vidacos Nominees Ltd Roy Nominees
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:	09/04/2019
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):	11/04/2019

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 of issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	12.967%	0.000%	12.967%	149,908,956
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	13.229%	0.000%	13.229%

	8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii
	A: Voting rights attached to shares
	Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)			Number of voting rightsix						% of voting rights
				Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)				Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)			Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
	GB00B00FPT80			0		19,438,925				0.000%			12.967%
	SUBTOTAL 8. A			19,438,925						12.967%
	B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
	Type of financial instrument			Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi				Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.				% of voting rights
					SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
	B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
	Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex			Exercise/ Conversion Period xi			Physical or cash settlementxii			Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
								SUBTOTAL 8.B.2
9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii
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 entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)														X
Namexv			% 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
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.			%				%					%
Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH			%				%					%
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL			%				%					%
Threadneedle Holdings Limited			%				%					%
TAM UK Holdings Limited			%				%					%
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited			%				%					%
TC Financing Limited			%				%					%
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited			12.967%				%					12.967%

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder	N/A
The number and % of voting rights held	N/A
The date until which the voting rights will be held	N/A
11. Additional informationxvi
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

Place of completion	Swindon, UK
Date of completion	11/04/2019

Notes to Editors

Chesnara plc ('Chesnara'), which listed on the London Stock Exchange in May 2004, is the owner of Countrywide Assured plc ('CA plc'), Movestic Livförsäkringar AB ('Movestic') and Chesnara Holdings BV. Chesnara Holdings BV is the intermediate holding company of 'Waard Group' and 'Scildon'.

CA plc is a UK life assurance subsidiary that is closed to new business.  In June 2005 Chesnara acquired a further closed life insurance company - City of Westminster Assurance - for £47.8m.  With effect from 30 June 2006, CWA's policies and assets were transferred into CA plc.  Save & Prosper Insurance Limited and its subsidiary, Save & Prosper Pensions Limited, were acquired on 20 December 2010 for £63.5 million.  With effect from 31 December 2011, the business of Save & Prosper was transferred into CA plc.  On 28 November 2013 Chesnara acquired Direct Line Life Insurance Company Limited (subsequently renamed Protection Life Company Limited) from Direct Line Group plc for £39.3m.  On 31 December 2014 the PL business transferred into CA plc.  CA plc operates an outsourced business model.

Movestic, a Swedish life assurance company which originally focused on pensions and savings, was acquired on 23 July 2009 for £20 million.  The company is open to new business and seeks to grow its position in the Swedish unit-linked market.  Its proposition was strengthened in February 2010 with the acquisition of the operations of Aspis Försäkringar Liv AB which has a risk and health product bias.

The Waard Group, a Netherlands-based Group comprising three closed book insurance companies and a servicing company, was acquired on 19 May 2015 for €69.9m.  The Waard Group, comprising Waard Leven N.V., Hollands Welvaren Leven N.V., Waard Schade N.V. and Tadas Verzekeringen B.V. was previously owned by DSB Beheer B.V., a Dutch financial services Group. The policy base of the Waard Group is predominantly term life policies, with some unit linked policies and some non-life policies.  On 5 April 2017 Chesnara completed its acquisition of Legal & General Nederland Levensverzeikering Maatschappij N.V. ('LGN') for €161.2 million. The LGN business which has been renamed Scildon, is in the Dutch life assurance market, and as with our Swedish subsidiary Movestic, Scildon writes protection and pension new business. 

Further details are available on the Company's website (www.chesnara.co.uk).

 

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