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ELEMENTIS PLC - Holding(s) in CompanyELEMENTIS PLC - Holding(s) in Company
PR Newswire
London, December 8
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | ||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Elementis 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: | BlackRock, Inc. | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | ||||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 7 December, 2016 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 8 December, 2016 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Voting rights attached to shares holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone above 5% | |||
| 8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
| GB0002418548 | 20,395,268 | 20,395,268 | N/A | N/A | 23,203,840 | N/A | 5.00% | |||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Securities Lending | 2,723,237 | 0.58% | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | |||||||||||
| Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
| 25,927,077 | 5.59% | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||
| 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: | BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team | |
| 14. Contact name: | Marc-Oliver Lesch | |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7743 3650 | |
This notification is made in accordance with Rule 5.8.12 R(1) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules sourcebook.Wai WongCompany Secretary020 7067 29999 December 2016