TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares

RNS Number : 9664X
Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
11 May 2016
 

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:

 

J D 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):

Nortrust Nominees Ltd

State Street Nominees Limited

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd

Vidacos Nominees Ltd

Roy Nominees

BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Limited

The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Ltd

 

5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

05 May 2016

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

09 May 2016

 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Above the threshold of 16%



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
17,453,357
17,453,357
155,408
155,408
18,878,569
0.134%
16.243%
 
 

 

 

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

CFD




48,929

0.042%


 

Total (A+B+C)

 

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

19,082,906

16.419%



 

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

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (16.419%)

 

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited,  which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

 

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:

 

The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 9.

Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies.

 

14 Contact name:

 

Mark Powney, Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd.

15. Contact telephone name:

 

+44 (0)1793 363135

 

 


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