RNS Announcement
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
Hill & Smith Holdings plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
X
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):
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:
8th December 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:
9th December 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Above 5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
Direct
Indirect
GB0004270301
Below 5%
4,459,432
N/A
5.727%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Type of financialinstrument
Expirationdate
Exercise/ConversionPeriod
Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.
% of votingrights
-
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Exerciseprice
Exercise/Conversionperiod
Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Schroder Investment Management Limited
4,457,100
5.724%
Schroder & Co Limited
2,332
0.003%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:
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 77,872,107.
14 Contact name:
Chloe Talbot
15. Contact telephone name:
+44 207 658 6000
Holding(s) in Company
09:05:03
12 Dec 2014
Holding(s) in company
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