9th May 2011 16:30
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: |
Lonrho PLC (LONR LN) |
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes | |
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying 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 | No | |
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | No | |
Other (please specify): |
| N/A |
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
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Mackenzie Financial Corporation |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
| Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd. in trust for Mackenze Cundill Recovery Fund (86,408,213 voting rights)
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd. in trust for Mackenzie Cundill Emerging Markets Value Class (33,200,000 voting rights)
Chase Nominees Limited in trust for Cundill International Company Ltd. (7,500,000 voting rights) |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
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May 4, 2011 |
6. Date on which issuer notified:
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May 6, 2011 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
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11% |
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 | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
129,908,213 |
129,908,213 |
127,108,213 |
10.77% | |||
GB0002568813 |
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 |
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 |
127,108,213 | 10.77% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
10.13% of the voting rights are held by Mackenzie Financial Corporation, as investment manager which has a disclosable interest as a result of DTR 5.2.1R(h).
0.64% of the voting rights are held by Mackenzie Cundill Investment Management (Bermuda) Ltd., as investment manager, which has an interest but no individual obligation.
Mackenzie Financial Corporation is a 100% shareholder of Mackenzie Cundill Investment management (Bermuda) Ltd. and has a total indirect holding of 10.77% as a result of DTR 5.2.1R(e) and DTR 5.2.1R(h). |
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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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:
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14. Contact name:
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Jim Hughes |
15. Contact telephone number:
| +44 (0) 20 7016 5105 |
Related Shares:
Lonrho