REG - Aryzta AG - NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS
RNS Number : 1585IAryzta AG19 March 2018Standard Form TR-1
Standard form for notification of major holdings
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the Central Bank of Ireland)i
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii: Aryzta AG (CH0043238366)
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
[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 obligationiv :
Name: UBS Investment Bank, UBS Group AG
City and country of registered office (if applicable):
Zurich, Switzerland
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v:
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:
12 March 2018
6. Date on which issuer notified:
16 March 2018
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
5%
8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 9.A)
% of voting rights through financial instruments
(total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2)Total of both in % (9.A + 9.B)
Total number of voting rights of issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached
0.96%
4.44%
5.40%
89'930'446
Position of previous notification (if applicable)
No Previous Disclosure
No Previous Disclosure
No Previous Disclosure
9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
sharesISIN code (if possible)
Number of voting rightsix
% of voting rights
Direct
Indirect
Direct
Indirect
CH0043238366
859'831
0.96%
SUBTOTAL A
859'831
0.96%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument
Expiration
datexExercise/
Conversion PeriodxiNumber of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.
% of voting rights
Right to Recall Lent Shares
Anytime
2'228'531
2.48%
Right to substitute shares delivered as collateral
Anytime
50'261
0.06%
Long Call Options
16/03/2018 to 21/12/2018
-
260'500
0.29%
SUBTOTAL B.1
2'539'292
2.82%
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument
Expiration
datexExercise/
Conversion Period xiPhysical or cash settlementxii
Number of voting rights
% of voting rights
Short Put Options
16/03/2018 to 18/05/2018
-
Physical
596'300
0.66%
Short Put Warrants
16/03/2018
-
Cash
682
0.001%
Equity Swaps
03/09/2018 to 14/02/2023
-
Cash
858'787
0.95%
SUBTOTAL B.2
1'455'769
1.62%
10. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable box):
[ ] 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
[x] 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 entityxiv:
Namexv
% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
UBS Group AG
UBS AG
UBS Group AG
UBS AG
UBS Limited
UBS Group AG
UBS AG
UBS AG London Branch
UBS Group AG
UBS AG
UBS Switzerland AG
11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date]
12. Additional informationxvi:
Done at Opfikon on 16.03.2018
This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of
the Irish Stock Exchange.
This information is provided by RNSThe company news service from the London Stock ExchangeENDISEEAADNFAKPEFF
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