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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 issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii | Royal Mail plc | ||||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | |||||
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): | Correction | √ | |||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii | Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited | ||||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited | ||||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v | N/A - see "Additional Information" below | ||||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | N/A - see "Additional Information" below | ||||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | Reduction from above 8% to nil | ||||
8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | ||||||||||||||||
Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights x | ||||||||||||
Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
Royal Mail 1p Ordinary shares GB00BDVZYZ77 | 84,437,195 | 84,437,195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate xiii | Exercise/Conversion Period xiv | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | ||||||||||||
n/a | ||||||||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/Conversion period xviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to
| % of voting rights xix, xx
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n/a |
| Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | ||
Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | n/a | |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | n/a | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | n/a | |
13. Additional information: | This notification is being issued to correct a notification issued on 28 October 2013 in relation to Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited's shareholding in Royal Mail plc. As the Trustees do not have the right to vote except as instructed by Royal Mail Share Incentive Plan Participants, the Trustee's disclosable interest is, and always has been, nil.
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14. Contact name: | Wendy Butcher | |
15. Contact telephone number: | 01903 833375 | |
Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer | |
Annex: Notification of major interests in share | |
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation | |
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)
| Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited |
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
| Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA |
Phone number & email
| 01903 833375 Wendy.butcher@equiniti.com |
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
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B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | |
Full name
| Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited |
Contact address
| Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA |
Phone number & email
| 01903 833375 Wendy.butcher@equiniti.com |
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) | |
C: Additional information | |
This notification is being issued to correct a notification issued on 28 October 2013 in relation to Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited's shareholding in Royal Mail plc. As the Trustees do not have the right to vote except as instructed by Royal Mail Share Incentive Plan Participants, the Trustee's disclosable interest is, and always has been, nil. | |
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website. |