Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9448P

dotDigital Group plc

23 November 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 NOVEMBER 2016

dotdigital Group plc

("dotdigital" or the "Company")

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

dotdigital Group Plc (AIM:DOTD), the leading provider of intuitive Software as a Service and managed services to digital marketing professionals, announces that it has received a TR1 from JO Hambro Capital Management Limited in respect to its current shareholding in dotdigital.

Full disclosure of the TR1 is shown below:

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			YES
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):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	J O HAMBRO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	21 NOVEMBER 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 NOVEMBER 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	BELOW 5%

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

GB00B3W40C23

14,895,000

14,000,000

4.76%

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

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

14,000,000

4.76%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
NOT APPLICABLE

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:	Simon Gartery
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 747 5637