RNS Announcement
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:
STV Group Plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
Yes
An acquisition or disposal of 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
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):___________________________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
Vidacos Nominees Ltd
Nortrust Nominees Ltd
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
30th June 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:
4th July 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Above the threshold of 10%
8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares
If possible use ISIN code
Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
Direct
Indirect
GB00B3CX3644
1,984,809
77,837
4,044,917
0.197%
10.228%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Type of financial instrument
Expiration date
Exercise/ conversion period
No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Exercise Price
Exercise / conversion period
No. of voting rights instrument refers to
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
4,122,754
10.425%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (10.425%)
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:
N/A
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 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 9.
Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies.
14 Contact name:
Jane E A Tames, Company Secretary,
STV Group plc
15. Contact telephone name:
0141 300 3074
Holding(s) in Company
18:24:53
4 Jul 2016
Holding(s) in company
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