TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares - Schroders plc
08 June 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:
Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
05.06.15.
6. Date on which issuer notified:
08.06.15.
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Above 5%.
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 | Below 5% | Below 5% | 12,549,336 | N/A | 12,424,366 | N/A | 5.599% |
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 |
12,424,366 | 5.599% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Schroder Investment Management Limited | 11,031,366 | 4.971% |
Schroder & Co. Limited | 1,393,000 | 0.628% |
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:
The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 221,912,148.
14. Contact name:
Chloe Talbot
15. Contact telephone number:
020 7658 6000
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