Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2670T

Empiric Student Property PLC

24 March 2016

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Empiric Student Property plc
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				X
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Goldman Sachs International
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		22 March 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		24 March 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Above 3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00BLWDVR75

Below 3%

Below 3%

0

0.00%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

Stock Loan (Physical)

Open

15,946,752

3.18%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial instrument Exercise price Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion period Number of voting rights instrument refers to % of voting rights xix, xx Nominal Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

15,946,752

3.18%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
-----------------The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; 15,946,752 shares; 3.18% Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C. (Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.); 15,946,752 shares; 3.18% Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited (Controlled by Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C.); 15,946,752 shares; 3.18% Goldman Sachs International (Controlled by Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited); 15,946,752 shares; 3.18%
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
13. Additional information:	Please note, total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error. General email contact: [e-mail]
14. Contact name:	Joanna Foley
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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