Stagecoach Group Plc
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | | |issuer | Stagecoach Group plc| |of existing shares to which voting rights are | | |attached: | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |2. Reason for notification (yes/no) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+ |An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+ |An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which| | |may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which | No | |voting rights are attached | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+ |An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic | No | |effect to qualifying financial instruments | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+ |An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | No | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+ |Other (please specify): | No | +-----------------------------------------------+--------------------+---------+ |3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and| |notification obligation: |its group | +-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ | |BNP Paribas Nominees Pty | |4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different |Limited | |from 3): |HSBC Global Custody Nominee | | |(UK) Limited | | |Nortrust Nominees LTD | | |Roy Nominees | | |State Street Nominees Limited | | |The Bank Of New York | | |(Nominees) Limited | | |Vidacos Nominees Ltd | +-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ |5. Date of the transaction and date on | | |which the threshold is crossed or |6(th) April 2017 | |reached: | | +-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ |6. Date on which issuer notified: |10(th) April 2017 | +-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ |7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |Above the threshold of 15% | |reached: | | +-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |8. Notified details: | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |A: Voting rights attached to shares | +------------+----------------------+--------------------------------------------+ |Class/type |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering | |of |to the triggering |transaction | |shares |transaction | | | +----------+-----------+---------+------------------+---------------+ |if possible |Number |Number |Number |Number of voting |% of voting | |use |of |of |of shares|rights |rights | |the ISIN |Shares |Voting +---------+-------+----------+------+--------+ |CODE | |Rights |Direct |Direct |Indirect |Direct|Indirect| +------------+----------+-----------+---------+-------+----------+------+--------+ | | | | | | | | | |GB00B6YTLS95|80,476,386|80,476,386 |665,944 |665,944|85,077,810|0.116%|14.831% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------+----------+-----------+---------+-------+----------+------+--------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | +--------------+----------+--------------------+-------------------+-------------+ |Type of |Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of voting |% of voting | |financial |date |Conversion Period |rights that may be |rights | |instrument | | |acquired if the | | | | | |instrument is | | | | | |exercised/ | | | | | |converted. | | +--------------+----------+--------------------+-------------------+-------------+ | | | | | | +--------------+----------+--------------------+-------------------+-------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial | |Instruments | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | +-------------+---------+----------+----------+-------------------+--------------+ |Type of |Exercise |Expiration|Exercise/ |No. of voting |Percentage of | |financial |price |date |Conversion|rights instrument |voting rights | |instrument | | |period |refers to | | | | | | | | | +-------------+---------+----------+----------+-------------------+-------+------+ | | | | | |Nominal|Delta | | | | | | +-------+------+ |Equity Swap | | | |387,756 |0.068% | | | | | | | | | | +-------------+---------+----------+----------+-------------------+-------+------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Total (A+B+C) | +------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ |Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting rights | +------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ |86,131,510 |15.015% | +------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the| |financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (15.015%) | | | |Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited,| |which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings | |Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is | |itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly | |owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly | |owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned | |by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Proxy Voting: | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will | | |cease | N/A | |to hold: | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to | | |hold | N/A | |voting rights: | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | |The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form| |13. Additional information: |are held in portfolios and funds managed on a | | |discretionary basis by the entities set out in | | |section 9. | | |Please note that the Shares are held through | | |certain nominee companies. | +-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ |14. Contact name: |Mark Powney, Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd. | +-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ |15. Contact telephone number:|+44 (0) 1793 363 135 | +-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
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Source: Stagecoach Group PLC via GlobeNewswire
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