Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3982S

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

18 May 2009

 



Schroder Investment Management Limited
31 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QA
Telephone [phone] Fax [phone]
www.schroders.com

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Wetherspoon (J.D)
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	13.05.09
6. Date on which issuer notified:	14.05.09
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	From 15% - 14%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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				Percentage of voting rights
				Direct		Indirect		Direct		Indirect
Ordinary GB0001638955	26,373,260	22,126,377	25,005,985	N/A	20,828,552		N/A		14.99%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
20,828,552	14.99%

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

Schroder Investment Management Limited  20,719,322   14.91% Schroder Investment Management North America Limited   14,000 0.01% Schroder &Co Limited  46,402 0.03% Schroders (CI) Limited   48,828  0.04%

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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 shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements.
14 Contact name:	Andrea Rowe
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7658 6000

 

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