Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3587K

NWF Group PLC

16 April 2015

 



NWF Group plc

Final for release 16 April 2015

NWF Group plc ('NWF' or 'the Group' or 'Company')                                                                         

NWF Group plc: Holding in company

On 15 April 2015 the Company was notified by its largest shareholder, AO fjarfestingarfelag ehf. ("AOF") that, as part of a re-organisation of the structure of its holding of ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company ("Shares"), on 15 April 2015 AOF had transferred its interest in 11,902,500 Shares, amounting to 24.62 percent of the Company's issued share capital, to five of its underlying shareholders (the "AOF Shareholders") (the "Transfer").

Following the Transfer, AOF has confirmed that it will have no interest in the Company's issued share capital and the AOF Shareholders, who are each independent pension funds registered in Iceland, will be interested in the following numbers of shares respectively:

Shareholder	Shares held	% of the Company's issued share capital
Stapi Lífeyrissjóður	2,382,389	4.93%
Festa Lífeyrissjóður	2,382,389	4.93%
Lífeyrissjóður Vestmannaeyja	2,382,389	4.93%
Söfnunarsjóður Lífeyrisréttinda	2,372,944	4.91%
Sameinaði Lífeyrisjóðurinn	2,382,389	4.93%

 

Richard Whiting, Chief Executive of NWF, said: 'We are delighted to welcome the five individual pension funds to NWF's share register in their own right. As a collective they have been a loyal supporter of the Group.  We believe it is in all shareholders' interests that they have now registered as shareholders individually.'   

For further information please visit www.nwf.co.uk or contact:

 

Rob Andrew, Company Secretary NWF Group plc Tel: [phone]

Justin Jones/ Mike Bell Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Advisor) Tel: [phone]

 

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