Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6912X

888 Holdings plc

05 May 2021

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GI000A0F6407

Issuer Name

888 Holdings Plc

UK or Non-UK Issuer

Non-UK

2. Reason for Notification

An event changing the breakdown of voting

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Aggregate of Standard Life Aberdeen 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

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

04-May-2021

6. Date on which Issuer notified

05-May-2021

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	8.672522	0.000000	8.672522	32,280,165
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	8.697252	0.000000	8.697252

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)
GI000A0F6407		32,280,165		8.672522
Sub Total 8.A	32,280,165		8.672522

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
	Standard Life Aberdeen plc
Standard Life Aberdeen plc	Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited
Standard Life Aberdeen plc	Ignis Asset Management Limited
Standard Life Aberdeen plc	Ignis Investment Services Limited
	Standard Life Aberdeen plc
Standard Life Aberdeen plc	Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited
Standard Life Aberdeen plc	Standard Life Investments Limited
	Standard Life Aberdeen plc
Standard Life Aberdeen plc	Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
Standard Life Aberdeen plc	Aberdeen Asset Investment Group Limited
Standard Life Aberdeen plc	Aberdeen Asset Investments Limited
	Standard Life Aberdeen plc
Standard Life Aberdeen plc	Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
Standard Life Aberdeen plc	Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited

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

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 effectively held indirectly by the underlying intermediate holding company Ignis Asset Management Limited (IAML) and held by the underlying investment management entity Ignis Investment Services Limited (IISL) dropped below the 5% notifiable threshold due to an event changing the breakdown of voting rights on 4 May 2021. Prior to this crossing, IAML effectively held and IISL held the delegated voting rights to 5.001039% of the shares in 888 Holdings plc.

12. Date of Completion

05-May-2021

13. Place Of Completion

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

 

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