TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: |
FDM Group Holdings PLC |
2: Reason for notification (yes/no) |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
YES |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
NO |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
NO |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
NO |
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Other (please specify): |
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NO |
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: |
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): |
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited |
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached): |
14 August 2015 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: |
18 August 2015 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |
Below the threshold of 10% |
8: Notified Details
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code
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GB00BLWDVP51
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction
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Number of shares
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Number of voting rights
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10,799,390
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10,799,390
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Number of shares
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Number of voting rights
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Percentage of
voting rights |
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Direct
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Indirect
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Direct
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Indirect
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179,368
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179,368
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10,308,092
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0.167%
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9.587%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial instrument
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Expiration date
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Exercise/ conversion period/date
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No. of voting rights that may be acquired
(if the instrument exercised/converted) |
Percentage of voting rights
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial |
Exercise |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting rights
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Nominal |
Delta |
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Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
10,487,460 |
9.754% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (9.754%)
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limitedm 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. |
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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N/A |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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N/A |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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N/A |
13. Additional information:
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The shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 4.
Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies.
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14. Contact name:
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Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group |
15. Contact telephone number:
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+44 (0) 1793 363 135 |