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RNS Number : 4922RdotDigital Group plc21 September 2017FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 21 SEPTEMBER 2017
dotdigital Group plc
("dotdigital" or the "Company")
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR SHAREHOLDING
dotdigital Group Plc (AIM:DOTD), the leading provider of intuitive Software as a Service and managed services to digital marketing professionals has received a TR-1 notification from Canaccord Genuity Group Inc., confirming its interest in dotdigital. This disclosable event is as a result of the acquisition of Hargreave Hale Limited by Canaccord Genuity Group Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary Canaccord Genuity Wealth Group Holdings (Jersey) Limited.
Full disclosure of the TR-1 notification is shown below:
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:
Dotdigital Group Plc
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 obligationiv
Name
CANACCORD GENUITY GROUP INC
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
VANCOUVER, CANADA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
Name
DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:
18 SEPTEMBER 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):
21 SEPTEMBER 2017
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)
% of voting rights through financial instruments
(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)
Total number of voting rights of issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached
4.5844%
0.00
4.5844%
295,578,485
Position of previous notification (if
applicable)
N/A
N/A
N/A
8. 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
(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)
Indirect
(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
Direct
(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)
Indirect
(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
GB00B3W40C23
N/A
13,550,714
N/A
4.5844%
SUBTOTAL 8. A
13,550,714
4.5844%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument
Expiration
datexExercise/
Conversion PeriodxiNumber of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is
exercised/converted.
% of voting rights
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 financial instrument
Expiration
datexExercise/
Conversion Period xiPhysical or cash
settlementxii
Number of voting rights
% of voting rights
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) issuerxiii
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 (please add additional rows as necessary)X
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
Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.[1]
4.5844%
4.5844%
Canaccord Genuity Wealth Group Holdings Limited
4.5844%
4.5844%
Canaccord Genuity Wealth Group Holdings (Jersey) Limited
4.5844%
4.5844%
Canaccord Genuity Wealth Group Limited
0.0113%
0.0113%
Canaccord Genuity Wealth Limited
0.0113%
0.0113%
Hargreave Hale Limited
4.5731%
4.5731%
[1] Each company set out in this table is ultimately owned by Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.
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 informationxvi
This disclosable event is as a result of the acquisition of Hargreave Hale Limited by Canaccord Genuity Group Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary Canaccord Genuity Wealth Group Holdings (Jersey) Limited.
Place of completion
London
Date of completion
21 September 2017
For further enquiries please contact:
dotdigital Group Plc (www.dotdigitalgroup.com)
Milan Patel, CEOPhillip Blundell, CFO
Tel: 020 8662 2777
Financial PR and Investor Relations
Lisa Baderoon
Lisa.Baderoon@dotmailer.comTel: 07721 413 496
N+1 Singer (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)
Shaun Dobson, Head of Corporate Finance
Liz Yong, Corporate FinanceTel: 020 7496 3000
finnCap (Joint Broker)
Stuart Andrews, Corporate FinanceTel: 020 7220 0500
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