Holding(s) in Company

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

20 June 2023

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB0001638955

Issuer Name

J D WETHERSPOON PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Bank of America Corporation

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

US

4. Details of the shareholder

Name	City of registered office	Country of registered office
Merrill Lynch International	London	United Kingdom

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

19-Jun-2023

6. Date on which Issuer notified

20-Jun-2023

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	4.176202	8.798126	12.974328	16704465
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	4.324830	9.015582	13.340412

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB0001638955		5376866		4.176202
Sub Total 8.A	5376866		4.176202%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Right to Recall	N/A	N/A	13654	0.010605
Sub Total 8.B1			13654	0.010605%

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Swaps	10/07/2023	N/A	Cash	12756	0.009908
Swaps	31/10/2023	N/A	Cash	58903	0.045750
Swaps	30/11/2023	N/A	Cash	100	0.000078
Swaps	04/01/2024	N/A	Cash	2302454	1.788312
Swaps	31/01/2024	N/A	Cash	49076	0.038117
Swaps	02/04/2024	N/A	Cash	4586932	3.562661
Swaps	03/05/2024	N/A	Cash	2546000	1.977473
Swaps	17/05/2024	N/A	Cash	270509	0.210104
Swaps	02/07/2024	N/A	Cash	2059	0.001599
Swaps	31/07/2024	N/A	Cash	86770	0.067394
Swaps	30/08/2024	N/A	Cash	29352	0.022798
Swaps	29/11/2024	N/A	Cash	70495	0.054753
Swaps	25/02/2025	N/A	Cash	275	0.000214
Swaps	18/03/2026	N/A	Cash	22048	0.017125
Swaps	26/05/2026	N/A	Cash	390064	0.302962
Swaps	13/06/2024	N/A	Cash	115388	0.089622
Swaps	29/04/2024	N/A	Cash	458608	0.356200
Swaps	08/07/2024	N/A	Cash	312156	0.242451
Sub Total 8.B2				11313945	8.787521%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Bank of America Corporation	Merrill Lynch International	4.167945	4.797165	8.965110%
Bank of America Corporation	Bank of America, National Association		4.000882	4.000882%
Bank of America Corporation	BofA Securities Europe SA

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional Information

12. Date of Completion

20-Jun-2023

13. Place Of Completion

United Kingdom

 

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