FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 MAY 2017
dotdigital Group plc
("dotdigital" or the "Company")
Liontrust Investment Partners Increases Shareholding to 20.22%
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 Liontrust Investment Partners LLP ("Liontrust"), a longstanding shareholder, confirming that it has again increased its shareholding in dotdigital to 59,730,575 Ordinary Shares which takes Liontrust's current position to 20.22%.
Full disclosure of the TR1 is shown below:
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer |
DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC |
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
X |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |
LIONTRUST INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLP |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) |
N/A |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on |
16/05/2017 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: |
17/05/2017 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |
20% |
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8. Notified details: |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix |
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Class/type of
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Situation previous |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number |
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Number of voting |
% of voting rights x |
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Direct |
Direct xi |
Indirect xii |
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Indirect |
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GB00B3W40C23
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57,652,916 |
57,652,916 |
59,730,575 |
59,730,575 |
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20.22% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting |
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N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Exercise price |
Expiration date xvii |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights xix, xx
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N/A |
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Nominal |
Delta |
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N/A |
N/A |
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Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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59,730,575 |
20.22% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
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N/A |
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of the proxy holder: |
N/A |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease |
N/A |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold |
N/A |
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14. Contact name: |
Shehzad Chowdhury |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
020 3908 8713 |
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For further enquiries please contact:
dotdigital Group Plc |
Tel: 020 8662 2777 |
Financial PR and Investor Relations |
Tel: 07721 413 496 |
N+1 Singer (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) |
Tel: 020 7496 3000 |
finnCap (Joint Broker) |
Tel: 020 7220 0500 |