Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9084Q

Moonpig Group plc

01 November 2021

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB00BMT9K014

Issuer Name

MOONPIG GROUP 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

28-Oct-2021

6. Date on which Issuer notified

01-Nov-2021

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	13.921550	0.000000	13.921550	47,627,239
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	13.492416	0.000000	13.492416

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)
GB00BMT9K014		47,627,239		13.921550
Sub Total 8.A	47,627,239		13.921550

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	Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited
abrdn plc	Ignis Asset Management Limited
abrdn plc	Ignis Investment Services Limited	5.751093	0.000000	5.751093
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited
abrdn plc	Standard Life Investments Limited
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
abrdn plc	Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
abrdn plc	Aberdeen Asset Investment Group Limited
abrdn plc	Aberdeen Asset Investments 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 reflects the fact that the voting rights effectively held indirectly by the underlying intermediate holding company Standard Life Investments Holdings Limited (SLIHL) increased above the 10% notifiable threshold. SLIHL now effectively holds 10.172779% of the delegated voting rights in Moonpig Group plc. Prior to this crossing SLIHL effectively held 9.959563% of the delegated voting rights. This crossing is related to participation in the placing of shares and genuine trading on 28 October 2021.

12. Date of Completion

01-Nov-2021

13. Place Of Completion

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

 

END

 

 

HOLUPGAAGUPGGUG