Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2534S

Orchard Funding Group PLC

06 July 2015

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Orchard Funding 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:	Bank of Montreal
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See Box 9 below
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	Date of Listing 1st July 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	03 July 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00BYZFM569	0	0	1,652,500		1,652,500	-	7.74%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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
-

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
1,652,500	7.74%

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

Bank of Montreal Client No. of voting rights % of total voting rights Registration name F&C Global Smaller Companies PLC 1,340,000 6.28% Chase Nominees Ltd Remaining client(s) hold <3% each

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	Bank of Montreal
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:	Based on TVR of 21,354,167 as confirmed by company's announcement on 01/07/2015
14 Contact name:	Vik Sharma Bank of Montreal
15. Contact telephone name:	0131 718 1094

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	Orchard Funding Group Plc
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	Orchard Funding Group Plc 960 Capability Green Luton LU1 3PE
Phone number & email	T: [phone] E: [e-mail]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Vik Sharma, Bank of Montreal
Contact address	80 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3BU
Phone number & email	0131 718 1094 [e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

 

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