TR-1

RNS Number : 8741O

Focusrite PLC

14 June 2022

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB00BSBMW716

Issuer Name

FOCUSRITE PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Aggregate of abrdn 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

10-Jun-2022

6. Date on which Issuer notified

14-Jun-2022

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	10.595134	0.000000	10.595134	6,215,279
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	11.256249	0.000000	11.256249

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)
GB00BSBMW716		6,215,279		10.595134
Sub Total 8.A	6,215,279		10.595134

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
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited
abrdn plc	abrdn Investment Management Limited	8.500419		8.500419
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited
abrdn plc	Ignis Asset Management Limited
abrdn plc	Ignis Investment Services Limited
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
abrdn plc	Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited
abrdn plc	abrdn Capital 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 also reflects the fact that the voting rights effectively held indirectly by the underlying intermediate holding company abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited ("aI(H)L") decreased below the 10% notifiable threshold due to trading on 10 June 2022.  aI(H)L now effectively holds the delegated voting rights to 9.748638% of the shares in Focusrite plc. Prior to this crossing, aI(H)L effectively held 10.354034% of the delegated voting rights.

12. Date of Completion

14-Jun-2022

13. Place Of Completion

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

 

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