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Notification of Major Interest in Shares

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RNS Number : 0080F

Watkin Jones plc

22 July 2016


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:			Watkin Jones 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
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Seek Ventures Limited
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:		5^th July 2016 - 3% threshold , reaching 3.6%
6. Date on which issuer notified:		21^st July 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		3%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
					Direct	Direct		Indirect	Direct		Indirect
Ordinary Shares GB00BD6RF223	7,200,000		7,200,000		5^th July 2016 9,200,000 Current: 10,000,000	5^th July 2016 9,200,000 Current: 10,000,000			5^th July 2016 3.6% Current: 3.91%


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.			% 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
10,000,000	3.91%

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:	The notification originally made stated a holding of 12,000,000 shares which was incorrect.
14. Contact name:	Tom Wheatcroft
15. Contact telephone number:	01534 847225

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RNS metadata

Title: Notification of Major Interest in Shares
Time: 13:45:02
Date: 22 Jul 2016
Category: Holding(s) in company
ID: 0080F