20th Jul 2015 17:30
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: |
New River Retail Ltd |
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify): | Increase in total voting rights | X |
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
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Bank of Montreal |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
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See Box 9 below |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
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17th July 2015 |
6. Date on which issuer notified:
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20 July 2015 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
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5% |
8. Notified details: | |||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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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 | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
GG00B4Z05859
| 7,137,424 | 7,137,424 | 7,137,424 |
| 7,137,424 | - | 3.97% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/ConversionPeriod | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.
| % of votingrights |
- |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights
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| Nominal | Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
7,137,424 | 3.97%
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bank of Montreal is the parent company of the BMO Financial Group. The following controlled undertakings each hold voting rights of 3% or more of the issuer. All controlled undertaking(s) as detailed are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Bank of Montreal. Controlled undertakings can exercise voting rights independently.
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of proxy holder:
| Bank of Montreal |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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13. Additional information:
| Based on TVR of 179,748,111 as confirmed by company's announcement on 17th July 2015 |
14 Contact name:
| Vik Sharma, BMO Global Asset Management (EMEA), Part of BMO Financial Group |
15. Contact telephone name:
| 0131 718 1094 |
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.
Related Shares:
NewRiver