Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1039R

Royal Mail PLC

22 October 2013

 



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				ROYAL MAIL PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					x
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		THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND MANAGEMENT (UK) LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		The Children's Investment Master Fund Talos Capital Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		18/10/2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		21/10/2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Going above 5%

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

GB00BDVZYZ77

49,819,289

4.98%

58,191,212

58,191,212

5.82%

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

N/A

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

N/A

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

58,191,212

5.82%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP has been appointed as Investment Manager to The Children's Investment Master Fund and Talos Capital Limited. Under the terms of the investment management agreements, The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP holds the power to vote any physical shareholdings held by these clients.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
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:
14. Contact name:	Andrew Poole
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7449 8129

 

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