TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 5863B

CentralNic Group PLC

04 April 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				CentralNic Group PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					Yes
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		Kestrel Partners LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Kestrel Opportunities, a cell of Guernsey Portfolios PCC Ltd (through BNY Mellon Nominees Limited) and various other clients of Kestrel Partners LLP (through JIM Nominees Ltd and Bank of New York Nominees Limited)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		31 March 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		04 April  2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		through 17%

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

Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each ISIN  GB00BCCW4X83

16,189,843

16,189,843

n/a

n/a

16,573,093

n/a

17.28%

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

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

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

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Nominal

Delta

n/a

n/a

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

16,573,093

17.28%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Indirect - BNY Mellon Nominees Limited - 13,379,355 shares.  13.95% of voting rights Indirect - Bank of New York Nominees Limited - 3,043,738 shares.  3.17% of voting rights Indirect - JIM Nominees Limited - 150,000 shares.  0.16% of voting rights
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:	Disclosure based on Total voting rights of 95,894,348. The indirect voting rights held under (9) relate to shares held in client portfolios managed by Kestrel Partners LLP under discretionary investment management agreements
14. Contact name:	Ian Forrest
15. Contact telephone number:	0203 371 6100

 

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