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Notification of Major Interest In Shares

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RNS Number : 7298M

Topps Tiles PLC

22 January 2016


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		Topps Tiles 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			S
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			¨
Other (please specify):			¨
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv
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:	21 January, 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	Total holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone below 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

GB00B18P5K83

19,755,221

N/A

19,902,862

N/A

10.30%

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

Securities Lending

6,632

0.00%

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}

CFD

1,246,850

Nominal

Delta

0.64%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

21,156,344

10.95%

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

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:	BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
14. Contact name:	Gareth Slade
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7743 3650

Name	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
BlackRock, Inc.
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC
BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC
BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.
BlackRock Fund Advisors
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association

BlackRock, Inc.
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
BlackRock Group Limited
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	8.94%	0.58%	9.52%

BlackRock, Inc.
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC
BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC
BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.
BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock, Inc.
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
BlackRock Group Limited
BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock, Inc.
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
BlackRock Group Limited
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

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RNS metadata

Title: Notification of Major Interest In Shares
Time: 11:11:57
Date: 22 Jan 2016
Category: Holding(s) in company
ID: 7298M