11 May 2016 09:58
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: |
Xchanging PLC | ||
2. Reason for notification (yes/no) | |||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes | ||
An acquisition or disposal of 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 notification obligation: | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group | ||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | Nortrust Nominees Ltd Vidacos Nominees Ltd | ||
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 09 May 2016 | ||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 10 May 2016 | ||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Below the threshold of 5% | ||
8: Notified Details | ||||||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type of shares If possible use 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 | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||
Direct |
Direct |
Indirect |
Direct |
Indirect | ||||||||||||||||
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period | No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted. | Percentage of voting rights |
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial instrument | Exercise Price | Expiration date | Exercise / conversion period | No. of voting rights instrument refers to | Percentage of voting rights | |
Nominal | Delta | |||||
Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
12,306,647 | 4.961% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (4.961%)
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. |
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of proxy holder:
| N/A |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
| N/A |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
| N/A |
13. Additional information:
| The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 9. Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies.
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14 Contact name:
| Mark Powney, Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd. |
15. Contact telephone name:
| +44 (0) 1793 363135 |