TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares - Standard Life Investments
07 August 2015
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
RPS GROUP PLC
2. Reason for the notification (please state 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 (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) -6.894% comprised of:
Standard Life Investments Limited - 6.829%
Ignis Investment Services Limited - 0.065%
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
Vidacos Nominees/HSBC
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
04/08/2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:
05/08/2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
7%
8.Notified details: | |||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||
Class/type of shares if possible using the 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 | |||
GB0007594764 | 15,899,235 | 15,899,235 | 15,308,674 | 6,071,881 | 9,236,793 | 2.734 | 4.16 |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
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 | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
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) | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
15,308,674 | 6.894% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) -6.894% comprised of:
Standard Life Investments Limited - 6.829%
Ignis Investment Services Limited - 0.065%
Proxy Voting: | |
10. Name of the 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:
N/A
14. Contact name:
[email protected]
Standard Life Investments Ltd
15. Contact telephone number:
(0131) 245 6565
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