13 Jan 2016 14:53
Lenta Ltd., 13 January 2016 | |||||||
By way of voluntary compliance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.8.12 R (1), Lenta Ltd. hereby discloses the following information provided to it on Form TR-1 (Notification of major interest in shares). | |||||||
Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached | Lenta Ltd. | ||||||
Reason for notification | Disposal of voting rights | ||||||
Full name of person subject to the notification obligation | LUNA HOLDINGS INC. | ||||||
Full name of shareholders | |||||||
Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached | December 23, 2015 | ||||||
Date on which issuer notified | January 12, 2016 | ||||||
Threshold crossed | 3% threshold in respect of all voting rights | ||||||
Notified details - Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||
Class/type of shares | Situation previous to triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
No. of shares | No. of voting rights | No. of shares | No. of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||
GDRs US52634T1016 (for 144A GDRs) and US52634T2006 (for Regulation S GDRs) | 17,278,371 GDRs representing 3,455,674.2 Shares | 3,455,674.2 | 14,308,337 GDRs representing 2,861,667.4 Shares | 2,861,667.4 | - | 2.94% | - |
Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and the financial instruments are effectively held | |||||||
All of the GDRs specified in the "Notified details" section of this announcement are held by LUNA HOLDINGS INC., which is a member of and beneficially owned by the VTB Capital group. | |||||||
Additional Information | |||||||
The reported disposal of voting rights arose from the repo transaction entered into by LUNA HOLDINGS INC. with respect to Lenta Ltd GDRs. | |||||||
Contact name | Cicely Leemhuis | ||||||
Contact telephone number | +44 (0) 20 3334 8862 | ||||||