Published: Wednesday, 06 July 2016 07:00

 

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		 Anpario 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 X
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation: iii		 Allianz Global Investors GmbH
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv		 N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: v		 30 June 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified: 5 July 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii		 Below 5%

 

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
GB00B3NWT178 1,100,000 1,100,000 0 0 1,100,000 0 4.998
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
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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 datexvii Exercise/
Conversion periodxviii		 Number of voting rights instrument refers to % of voting rights xix, xx
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Nominal Delta
N/A N/A
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
1,100,000 4.998

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A
13. Additional information:

N/A

 
14. Contact name: Darren Wickert
15. Contact telephone number: +44 (0) 20 3246 7125

 

Additional information:

Regarding section 8 above:

The notified holdings have to be indicated as either “direct holdings” or “indirect holdings”.

Allianz Global Investors GmbH is a German investment management company. Its core business is the establishment and portfolio management of investment funds domiciled in Germany and Luxembourg, but also e.g. in Italy and France. Allianz Global Investors GmbH is entitled to execute the voting rights by proxy (since the foundation of the funds). Additionally, Allianz Global Investors GmbH is mandated in several cases to manage individual asset portfolios for clients on a contractual basis; under such contracts Allianz Global Investors GmbH is entitled to execute the voting rights of shares held in such asset portfolios.

For the purpose of section 8. of this Form TR-1 we have considered holdings in investment funds which do not have a legal personality, but are mere pools of assets, for which Allianz Global Investors GmbH acts in its own name, but for the account of the fund, as direct holdings.  The units of such investment funds are jointly owned by their investors, but the funds are legally represented by Allianz Global Investors GmbH as the funds’ investment manager.

Holdings in funds managed by Allianz Global Investors GmbH which are legal persons of their own (e.g. Luxembourgish SICAV) as well as holdings in above-mentioned portfolio mandates (including fund mandates, under which Allianz Global Investors GmbH is the portfolio manager of funds established by other investment companies) we considered as indirect holdings with respect to the fact that the proxy was granted on a contractual basis.