Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8625C

Wilmington Group Plc

22 January 2015

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Wilmington Group PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):	On 21st January 2015, RIT Capital Partners plc acquired 100% of the share capital of GVO Investment Management Limited.				X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		RIT Capital Partners plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Nortrust Nominees Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		21/01/2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		21/01/2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		4%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the 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

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0009692319

0

0

0

0

4,170,879

0

4.82%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

4,170,879

4.82%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
4,170,879 shares held by Strategic Equity Capital plc. GVO Investment Management Ltd is the investment manager of Strategic Equity Capital plc. GVO Investment Management Ltd is 100% owned by RIT Capital Partners plc.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:
14. Contact name:	Christopher Wise
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7514 1944

 

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