Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4506S

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

21 November 2011

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		JD Wetherspoon PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):___________________________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	17 November 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21 November 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below the threshold of 10%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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			Percentage of voting rights
			Direct	Direct		Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0001638955	13,176,794	13,176,794	62,200		62,200	12,931,019	0.047%	9.825%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage of voting rights

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	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
12,993,219	9.872%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	Registered Owner Chase Nominees Ltd                                A/c 41407 355,657 State Street Nominees Limited                     A/c XC7N 793,208 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited          A/c 740190 40,000 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited          A/c 739874 253,000 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited           A/c 740311 22,700 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c ZLA03 3,937,655 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c ZLA05 133,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c ZLA07 1,341,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 07197 62,200 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10479 3,755 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c ZLA12 46,200 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c ZLA14 12,800 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 34789 115,500 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 18667 213,688 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10469 294,081 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10496 2,509,591 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10492 763,714 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10491 1,836,470 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10488 259,000
14 Contact name:	Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle group
15. Contact telephone name:	[phone]

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (a company incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA) and its group
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	c/o Data Management, Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, 60 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8JQ, UK
Phone number & email	[phone]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd
Contact address	Stacey Dryburgh, Data Management, Holbrook House, Station Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 1HH, England
Phone number & email	[phone]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	UK intermediate holding company of the ultimate parent company

C: Additional information

 

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