Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4929C

Ocado Group PLC

28 June 2016

 

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			OCADO Group 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		OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		24 June 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		27 June 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5.00% (increased to 5.07%)

8. Notified details: David Hardiman-Evans Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Finance [e-mail]

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

GB00B3MBS747

30,921,180

30,921,180

31,860,520

31,860,520

5.07%

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

31,860,520

5.07%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI") is a registered investment advisor with the U.S. SEC.  Its ultimate parent company, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, qualifies for disaggregation under FSA regulations.  The shares of the issuer are held by investment accounts managed by OFI and its wholly owned subsidiary, OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. ("OFIG").
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:	The percentage of holdings noted above is based on total outstanding shares of 628,241,377.
14. Contact name:	Judith Gottlieb Compliance Specialist OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
15. Contact telephone number:	001 [phone]

 

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