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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi | ||||
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer | Aegis Group 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): Merger of Financière du Loch into Bolloré SA, both controlled by Vincent Bolloré. | X | |||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the | Mr. Vincent Bolloré | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) | Securities Services Nominees Limited (SSNL) is the registered nominee holder of the ordinary shares held for the benefit of Bolloré SA. | |||
5. Date of the transaction and date on | 12 December 2012 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 13 December 2012 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | - 6%, 5%, 4%, 3% crossed directly by Financière du Loch. - 3%, 4%, 5%, 6% reached directly by Bolloré SA. | |||
8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix | |||||||||||||||||
Class/type of
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Situation previous | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||
Number |
Number |
Number |
Number of voting | % of voting rights x | |||||||||||||
Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||
Ordinary Shares GB00B4JV1B90 | 75,348,626 | 75,348,626 | 75,348,626 | 6.42% | |||||||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||
Type of financial |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting | |||||||||||||
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 | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii |
Exercise/ | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
75,348,626 | 6.42% | ||||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the | ||
SSNL, the registered nominee holder of 75,348,626 shares (6.42%), holds the shares on behalf of Bolloré SA. Consequently, the undertakings controlled by Vincent Bolloré with interests in voting rights are as follows: Bolloré Participations (75,348,626votes; 6.42%) (indirectly) Omnium Bolloré (75,348,626votes; 6.42%) (indirectly) Financière V (75,348,626votes; 6.42%) (indirectly) Sofibol (75,348,626votes; 6.42%) (indirectly) Financière de l'Odet (75,348,626votes; 6.42%) (indirectly) Bolloré (75,348,626votes; 6.42%) (indirectly) | ||
Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease | N/A | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold | N/A | |
| N/A | |
14. Contact name: | Cédric de Bailliencourt (c.debailliencourt@bollore.net) Lynda Hadjadj (l.hadjadj@bollore.net) | |
15. Contact telephone number: | 00 33 1 46 96 48 97 / 00 33 1 46 96 46 13 | |
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