TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings 20th March 2020

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are		Angling Direct plc
attached​:
ii
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer	​(please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification ​(please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					x
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)​:
	iii​
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation​
			iv
Name			Mr William Christopher Currie
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s)​(if different from 3.)​
		v
Name
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or	20.03.20
reached​:
vi
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):	20.03.20
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights	% of voting rights		Total number of
	through financial	Total of both in %
	attached to shares	voting rights of
	instruments	(8.A + 8.B)
	(total of 8. A)	issuer​
	(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)
					vii
Resulting situation
on the date on which	3.84%	0.0%		3.84%	64,621,993
threshold was
crossed or reached

1

Position of previous	N/A		N/A
notification (if
applicable)

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached​viii

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of		ix	% of voting rights
shares	Number of voting rights​
ISIN code (if possible)	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	(Art 9 of Directive	(Art 10 of Directive	(Art 9 of Directive	(Art 10 of Directive
	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	2004/109/EC)	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	2004/109/EC)
		(DTR5.2.1)		(DTR5.2.1)
GB00BF1XGQ00	2,483,000		3.84%

SUBTOTAL 8. A

2,483,000

3.84%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

			Number of voting rights
Type of financial	Expiration	Exercise/	that may be acquired if	% of voting rights
instrument	x	xi	the instrument is
date​	Conversion Period​
			exercised/converted.

SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

Type of	Expiration	Exercise/	Physical or	Number of
financial	Conversion	cash	% of voting rights
x	voting rights
instrument	date​	xi	xii
	Period ​	settlement​

SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation ​(please mark the applicable box with an "X")

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer​xiii

Full​chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity​xiv (please add additional rows as necessary)

	% of voting rights if it	% of voting rights	Total of both if it
	through financial
Name​	equals or is higher	equals or is higher
instruments if it equals
than the notifiable	than the notifiable
xv
	threshold	or is higher than the	threshold
	notifiable threshold

10. ​In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional information​xvi

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Place of completion	William Currie Group, 3​ Floor Castle Chambers, 43 Castle Street, Liverpool,
L2 9SH.

Date of completion	20.03.20