25 May 2012 15:51
TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Yell Group PLC |
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 voting rights are attached | no | |
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | no | |
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | no | |
Other (please specify): |
| no |
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Standard Life Investments Ltd |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Vidacos Nominees |
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached): | 24/05/2012 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 25/05/2012 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 5% |
8: Notified Details | ||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||
Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code | GB0031718066 | |||
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | |||
124,400,330 | 124,400,330 | |||
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage ofvoting rights | ||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |
115,650,330 | 65,830,769 | 49,819,561 | 2.764% | 2.092% |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired(if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage of voting rights |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights
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Total (A+B+C) | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
115,650,330 | 4.855% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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13. Additional information:
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14. Contact name:
| investments_mo@standardlife.comStandard Life Investments Ltd Alison.Painter@yellglobal.com |
15. Contact telephone number:
| Standard Life: (0131) 245 6565 Yell Group plc: Alison Painter (0118) 358 2501 |