Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0594U

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

20 December 2012

 



RETRACTION OF NOTIFICATION SUBMITTED 17^TH DECEMBER 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:	13 December 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	17 December 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above the threshold of 11%

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	13,036,554	13,036,554	73,803	73,803	13,796,660	0.059%	10.947%

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
13,870,463	11.006%

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 30,623 State Street Nominees Limited A/c XC7N 697,861 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 30337 65,000 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 683182 346,881 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 740190 76,389 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited          A/c 739874 196,060 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited          A/c 740311 37,768 The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited         A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799 37,220 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 811056 39,785 Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c BBH05 118,994 William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd        A/c 301780 51,550 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA03 4,050,900 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA05 165,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA07 1,376,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 27642 28,803 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07197 45,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA09 18,352 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 2,090 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA12 48,858 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA14 12,627 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 34789 76,000 Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c WWSF0004002 237,102 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 18667 232,384 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10469 253,961 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10496 3,445,145 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10492 538,218 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10491 1,399,671 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 242,221
14 Contact name:	Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone name:	01793 363751

 

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