Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3142C

Sanderson Group PLC

15 April 2013

 



For Immediate Release                                                                            15 April 2013

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

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

Sanderson 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: iii	Hargreave Hale Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): iv	Discretionary Clients
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	10 April 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	12 April 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	10% and 11%

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	Indirect	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB00B04X1Q77	4,285,637	4,285,637		4,858,137		4,858,137		11.0914%

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
4,858,137	11.0914%

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

4,848,137 of these shares are held for unit trusts operated by Marlborough Fund managers Ltd., for whom Hargreave Hale Ltd. manages the investments on a discretionary basis. The remaining balance is held on behalf of other discretionary clients.

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:	David Clueit
15. Contact telephone number:	01253 754739

 

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