Holding(s) in Company

Informa PLC

25 October 2023

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB00BMJ6DW54

Issuer Name

INFORMA PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights; An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Bank of America Corporation

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

US

4. Details of the shareholder

Name	City of registered office	Country of registered office
Merrill Lynch International	London	United Kingdom

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

20-Oct-2023

6. Date on which Issuer notified

23-Oct-2023

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	4.788014	5.250937	10.038951	139208636
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	4.668701	4.791581	9.460282

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)
GB00BMJ6DW54		66135036		4.769290
US45672B3050		259646		0.018724
Sub Total 8.A	66394682		4.788014%

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
Right to Recall	N/A	N/A	1894297	0.136606
Physical Swap	24/01/2024	N/A	4264000	0.307496
Physical Swap	16/05/2024	N/A	3905566	0.281648
Physical Swap	28/05/2024	N/A	4348084	0.313560
Physical Swap	03/06/2024	N/A	8846000	0.637924
Sub Total 8.B1			23257947	1.677234%

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
Swaps	07/06/2024	N/A	Cash	6494688	0.468361
Swaps	15/01/2024	N/A	Cash	1186152	0.085539
Swaps	31/07/2024	N/A	Cash	1155	0.000083
Swaps	17/04/2024	N/A	Cash	325511	0.023474
Swaps	08/04/2024	N/A	Cash	2200000	0.158652
Swaps	29/11/2024	N/A	Cash	102547	0.007395
Swaps	31/01/2024	N/A	Cash	204610	0.014755
Swaps	25/02/2025	N/A	Cash	1685374	0.121540
Swaps	12/08/2024	N/A	Cash	155498	0.011214
Swaps	24/04/2024	N/A	Cash	25008	0.001803
Swaps	02/04/2024	N/A	Cash	8048372	0.580404
Swaps	26/05/2026	N/A	Cash	195158	0.014074
Swaps	13/01/2025	N/A	Cash	22143910	1.596895
Swaps	06/05/2025	N/A	Cash	67053	0.004835
Swaps	04/01/2024	N/A	Cash	2354000	0.169757
Swaps	08/08/2024	N/A	Cash	604133	0.043567
Swaps	17/07/2028	N/A	Cash	4642	0.000335
Swaps	30/08/2024	N/A	Cash	42498	0.003065
Swaps	15/02/2028	N/A	Cash	15852	0.001143
Swaps	16/01/2024	N/A	Cash	2019328	0.145623
Swaps	25/07/2024	N/A	Cash	1343364	0.096876
Swaps	18/11/2024	N/A	Cash	185183	0.013354
Swaps	01/07/2024	N/A	Cash	1518	0.000109
Swaps	02/07/2024	N/A	Cash	1125	0.000081
Swaps	07/11/2025	N/A	Cash	2840	0.000205
Swaps	31/10/2023	N/A	Cash	1016	0.000073
Swaps	22/04/2025	N/A	Cash	2830	0.000204
Equity Option	05/12/2023	N/A	Cash	142642	0.010287
Sub Total 8.B2				49556007	3.573703%

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
Bank of America Corporation	Managed Account Advisors, LLC
Bank of America Corporation	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
Bank of America Corporation	U.S. Trust Co of Delaware
Bank of America Corporation	Bank of America, National Association			3.394542%
Bank of America Corporation	Merrill Lynch International	3.171859	3.446082	6.617941%
Bank of America Corporation	BofA Securities Europe, SA

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

12. Date of Completion

23-Oct-2023

13. Place Of Completion

United Kingdom

 

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