Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6929U

RWS Holdings PLC

26 October 2017

 

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			RWS Holdings plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				N/a
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached				N/a
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments				N/a
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights				N/a
Other (please specify):	Private placing has occurred			X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Royal Bank of Canada
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		RBC Trustees (Guernsey) Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		20 October 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		25 October 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		30%

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

ISIN GB00BVFCZV34

78,659,060

78,659,060

78,659,060

78,659,060

28.82%

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

78,659,060

28.82%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
RBC Trustees (Guernsey) Limited is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada.
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:	Based on 272,890,637 shares in issue
14. Contact name:	Graham Horsnell / Scott Roberts
15. Contact telephone number:	01534 603292 / 602971

 

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