Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

 

 

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:

Howden Joinery Group

 

2:    Reason for notification (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 Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Vidacos Nominees
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold        is crossed or reached):	08/02/2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	11/02/2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	14%

 

 

 

8:    Notified Details
A:   Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of share  If possible use ISIN code		GB0005576813
Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of shares		Number of voting rights
88,869,329		88,869,329
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
90,920,250	45,265,524	45,654,726	7.051%	7.111%

 

B:   Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument 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	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

 

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
90,920,250	14.162%

 

 

 

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

 

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	[email protected] Standard Life Investments Ltd
15. Contact telephone number:	(0131) 245 6565