Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0082B

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

10 April 2012

 



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:		JD Wetherspoon PLC
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			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):___________________________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	30 March 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	03 April 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above the threshold of 10%

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	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0001638955	12,993,219	12,993,219	55,500	55,500	12,981,054	0.043%	9.969%

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

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
13,036,554	10.012%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:	Registered Owner Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c ZLA08 31,929 State Street Nominees Limited                     A/c XC7N 683,948 Chase Nominees Ltd                                A/c 75102 140,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 30337 45,000 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited          A/c 683182 317,681 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited          A/c 740190 79,556 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited          A/c 739874 213,380 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited          A/c 740311 39,768 The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited         A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799 22,171 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c ZLA03 3,656,651 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c ZLA05 135,500 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c ZLA07 1,341,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                            A/c 07197 55,500 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c ZLA09 18,519 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10479 3,053 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c ZLA12 46,097 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c ZLA14 12,250 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 34789 115,500 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 18667 224,775 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10469 277,342 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10496 2,886,179 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10492 763,714 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10491 1,679,767 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10488 247,274
14 Contact name:	Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone name:	[phone]

 

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