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TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

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RNS Number : 4448M

CentralNic Group PLC

20 January 2016

For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		CentralNic Group PLC
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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			Yes
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	Kestrel Partners LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	Kestrel Opportunities, a cell of Guernsey Portfolios PCC Ltd (through BNY Mellon Nominees Limited) and various other clients of Kestrel Partners LLP (Bank of New York Nominees Limited)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	20 January 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20 January 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	Down through 11%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

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

% of voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each

ISIN GB00BCCW4X83

10,418,500

n/a

10,418,500

n/a

10.89%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

n/a

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

n/a

Nominal

Delta

n/a

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

10,418,500

10.89%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
Indirect - BNY Mellon Nominees Limited - 8,352,800 Shares. 8.73% of voting rights Indirect - Bank of New York Nominees Limited - 2,065,700 Shares. 2.16% of voting rights

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:	Following the issue of the 3,656,450 new shares and subsequent increase in total voting rights, Kestrel Partners LLP percentage of voting rights held has decreased below 11%. Disclosure based on Total voting rights of 95,663,931. The indirect voting rights held under (9) relate to shares held in client portfolios managed by Kestrel Partners LLP under discretionary investment management agreements
14. Contact name:	Ian Forrest
15. Contact telephone number:	0203 371 6100

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RNS metadata

Title: TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares
Time: 11:15:03
Date: 20 Jan 2016
Category: Holding(s) in company
ID: 4448M