Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8552M

Johnson Service Group PLC

23 August 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Johnson Service Group PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
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:	Bank of America Corporation
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Merrill Lynch International
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	18 August 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 August 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 7%

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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0004762810	15,391,200	15,391,200	17,700,000	17,700,000	0	7.049%	0

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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
N/a

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	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
N/a					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
17,700,000	7.049%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if 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:	Kim Oakley
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 996 0275

ANNEX NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES XVI

A:  Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii
Full name
Contact address
Phone number
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C:  Additional information

 

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