Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3794R

Helical PLC

08 December 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				Helical 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
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		Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited         175,040*                                                               Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited          4,366,227* Chase Nominees Limited                                   43,077* HSBC Global Custody Nominee(UK)Limited  25,888* State Street Nominees Limited                        112,913* *denotes direct interest
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		06 December 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		08 December 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		4% to 3% Change at Direct Interest Level (Box 8A)

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
Ordinary Shares GB00B0FYMT95	4,977,348*		4,977,348*		4,723,145	4,723,145	Not Disclosable	3.996%		Not Disclosable
*  Includes Right to recall loaned shares (200,000)
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
RIGHT TO RECALL LOANED SHARES		N/A		N/A		200,000* *Direct interest			0.169%

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 xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	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
4,923,145	4.165%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·      Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) ·      Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		See Section 4
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 118,183,806 as per the Additional Listing Announcement of 8 August 2014.
14. Contact name:	James Clark, Aviva plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01603 683853

 

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