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RNS Number : 7167O
Mercantile Investment Trust(The)PLC
21 May 2018
 

 

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

The Mercantile Investment Trust 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

YES

Other (please specify):

 

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:
iii

Chase Nominees Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):iv

Chase Nominees Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
v

18th May 2018

6. Date on which issuer notified:

18th May 2018

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
vi, vii

3%

           
 

 

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

GB0000342218

5,001,162

0

5,001,162

 

4,112,938

 

5.11%

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

4,112,938

5.11%

                                 
 

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
xxi

Chase Nominees Limited announces that J.P. Morgan Trustee & Administration Services Limited has a notifiable interest in 4,112,938 Ordinary shares. These shares are held on behalf of participants in the JPMorgan investment trust savings products. J.P. Morgan Trustee & Administration Services Limited has a notifiable interest in these shares because, in certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations agreed with the Takeover Panel to ensure compliance with the Takeover Code, JPMorgan is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the Ordinary shares if the relevant plan participants do not do so.

 

JPMorgan is now entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to these Ordinary shares, as these shares have not been voted by the participants in the JPMorgan investment trust savings products in respect of the Company's 2018 Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday 23rd May 2018. This entitlement will cease following the conclusion of the Company's 2018 Annual General Meeting.

 

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:

N/A

 


13. Additional information:

N/A

14. Contact name:

Jonathan Latter

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7742 4000

 

 

 

     

 


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