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FIDELITY CHINA SPECIAL SITUATIONS PLC - Holding(s) in CompanyFIDELITY CHINA SPECIAL SITUATIONS PLC - Holding(s) in Company
PR Newswire
London, September 1
| For filings with the FCA include the annex | |||||
| For filings with issuer exclude the annex | |||||
| 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 | Fidelity China Special Situations 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 | FIL Limited | ||||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | See section 9 | ||||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v | 31 August 2016 | ||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 01 September 2016 | ||||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii | 31% | ||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| GB00B62Z3C74 | 171,144,869 | 171,144,869 | 12,036,763 | 12,036,763 | 159,023,966 | 2.18% | 28.81% | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 171,060,729 | 30.99% | |||||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | ||||||||||||
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| 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: | FIL may exercise any voting rights attaching to Fidelity ISA or Fidelity Share plan clients beneficial shareholding unless the client has elected to exercise such rights themselves. FIL Limited is restricted to voting 29.9% of the issued share capital (formula as agreed with the Takeover Panel) | |||||||||||
| 14. Contact name: | Sally-Ann Hatton | |||||||||||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | fil-regreporting@fil.com, 01737 837148 | |||||||||||
| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | |
| Full name | Bonita Guntrip For and on behalf of FIL Investments International |
| Contact address | Kingswood Place, Millfield Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 6RB |
| Phone number & email | 01737 837320 |
| Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) | |