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Holdings in Company- Marathon Asset Management LLP

15 Mar 2019 11:00

RNS Number : 0345T
Merlin Entertainments plc
15 March 2019
 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:

Merlin Entertainments plc

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify)iii:

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv

Name

Marathon Asset Management LLP

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

London, UK

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v

Name

See breakdown in section 11

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:

13 March 2019

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):

14 March 2019

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)

% of voting rights through financial instruments(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)

Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)

Total number of voting rights of issuervii

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

4.99

0

4.99

1,022,072,449

Position of previous notification (if

applicable)

5.02

0

5.02

 

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rightsix

% of voting rights

Direct

(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)

Indirect

(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)

Direct

(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)

Indirect

(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)

Ordinary shares

ISIN: GB00BDZT6P94

51,041,812

4.99

SUBTOTAL 8. A

51,041,812

4.99

 

 

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

Type of financial instrument

Expirationdatex

Exercise/Conversion Periodxi

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is

exercised/converted.

% of voting rights

N/A

SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

 

 

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

Type of financial instrument

Expirationdatex

Exercise/Conversion Period xi

Physical or cash

settlementxii

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

N/A

SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

 

 

 

 

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the

applicable box with an "X")

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)

X

Namexv

% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

William Arah

Neil Ostrer

Jeremy Hosking

Marathon Asset Management (Services) Ltd

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional informationxvi

Breakdown of shares controlled by Marathon Asset Management LLP:

 

Custodian

Nominal

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

960,692

Bank of New York Mellon

11,605,443

BNP Paribas

42,423

Brown Brothers Harriman

38,460

JP Morgan Chase

2,527,649

Northern Trust

27,743,098

Royal Bank of Canada

45,676

State Street Bank & Trust Company, Boston

28,278,693

Total

71,242,134

 

The shares referred to in this disclosure correspond to a number of funds and accounts managed by portfolio managers under the control of Marathon Asset Management LLP. The provided breakdown of holdings refer to the total number of shares in Merlin Entertainment controlled by Marathon Asset Management LLP but the firm only has authority to vote in connection with 51,041,812 shares.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew Jowett

Company Secretary

Merlin Entertainments Plc

Link House, 25 West Street, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1LD

01202 634 955

 

Place of completion

London

Date of completion

14 March 2019

 

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