Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1241N

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC

27 May 2022

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB0001638955

Issuer Name

J D WETHERSPOON PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Bank of America Corporation

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

US

4. Details of the shareholder

Name	City of registered office	Country of registered office
Merrill Lynch International	London	United Kingdom

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

26-May-2022

6. Date on which Issuer notified

27-May-2022

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	3.886356	6.190345	10.076701	12973767
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	4.126532	6.105924	10.232456

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB0001638955		5003689		3.886356
Sub Total 8.A	5003689		3.886356%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

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
Right to Recall	N/A	N/A	99147	0.077007
Physical Swap	27/07/2022		218650	0.169825
Sub Total 8.B1			317797	0.246832%

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Swaps	29/07/2022	N/A	Cash	155098	0.120464
Swaps	08/08/2023	N/A	Cash	122	0.000095
Swaps	27/06/2022	N/A	Cash	527000	0.409320
Swaps	15/06/2022	N/A	Cash	632146	0.490987
Swaps	31/03/2023	N/A	Cash	4335132	3.367089
Swaps	02/09/2022	N/A	Cash	341518	0.265256
Swaps	04/01/2023	N/A	Cash	876438	0.680728
Swaps	07/02/2023	N/A	Cash	214000	0.166213
Swaps	02/07/2024	N/A	Cash	180371	0.140094
Swaps	24/01/2025	N/A	Cash	136195	0.105782
Swaps	18/10/2022	N/A	Cash	37410	0.029056
Swaps	27/12/2023	N/A	Cash	66	0.000051
Swaps	25/01/2024	N/A	Cash	45	0.000035
Swaps	26/02/2024	N/A	Cash	210	0.000163
Swaps	25/03/2024	N/A	Cash	288	0.000224
Swaps	28/05/2024	N/A	Cash	45	0.000035
Swaps	28/02/2023	N/A	Cash	78853	0.061245
Swaps	31/10/2023	N/A	Cash	8354	0.006489
Swaps	10/11/2022	N/A	Cash	11	0.000009
Swaps	21/09/2022	N/A	Cash	10073	0.007824
Swaps	16/11/2022	N/A	Cash	31387	0.024378
Swaps	17/05/2027	N/A	Cash	5122	0.003978
Swaps	31/10/2022	N/A	Cash	43672	0.033920
Swaps	08/08/2024	N/A	Cash	38725	0.030078
Sub Total 8.B2				7652281	5.943513%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Bank of America Corporation	Merrill Lynch International	3.886356	4.177986	8.064342%
Bank of America Corporation	Bank of America, National Association
Bank of America Corporation	BofA Securities Europe SA

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional Information

12. Date of Completion

27-May-2022

13. Place Of Completion

United Kingdom

 

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