PR Newswire
London, February 14
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi | ||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii | PENDRAGON 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 | ABERFORTH PARTNERS LLP | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD | |||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v | 13/02/2017 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 14/02/2017 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii | 5% | |||
| 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 | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||
| Ordinary Share (GB00B1JQBT10) | N/A | 71,936,349 | N/A | 5.01% | ||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| 71,936,349 | 5.01% | |||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | ||
| 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: | RICHARD MALONEY | |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 01623 725119 | |
