REG-Rights and Issues Investment Trust PLC Rights and Issues Investment Trust PLC: Holdings in Company

Rights and Issues Investment TrustAnnouncement

24/02/2020 16:20

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   Rights and Issues Investment Trust PLC (RIII)
   Rights and Issues Investment Trust PLC: Holdings in Company

   24-Feb-2020 / 16:19 GMT/BST
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   The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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   TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

    

   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to
   the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i
                                                                              
   1a. Identity of the issuer or the
   underlying issuer of existing shares to            Colefax Group Plc
   which voting rights are attached:
   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                                        Rights and Issues Investment
                                               Trust PLC
   City and country of registered office (if   Chelmsford, UK
   applicable)
   4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
   Name                                        CREST ID CI01 - Member a/c:
                                               RIIT01
   City and country of registered office (if   London, UK
   applicable)
   5. Date on which the threshold was crossed  21/02/2020
   or reachedvi:
   6. Date on which issuer notified            24/02/2020
   (DD/MM/YYYY):
   7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
                        % of voting  % of voting rights Total of  Total number
                          rights     through financial  both in % of voting
                        attached to     instruments      (8.A +   rights of
                       shares (total (total of 8.B 1 +    8.B)    issuervii
                         of 8. A)          8.B 2)
   Resulting situation
   on the date on      26.21%                           26.21%    9,022,440
   which threshold was
   crossed or reached
   Position of
   previous
   notification (if    22.02%                           22.02%     

   applicable)
                                                                          

    

   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   Number of voting rightsix          % of voting rights
   of                 Direct          Indirect         Direct       Indirect
   shares
                    (Art 9 of        (Art 10 of      (Art 9 of     (Art 10 of
   ISIN code        Directive         Directive      Directive     Directive
   (if             2004/109/EC)     2004/109/EC)    2004/109/EC)  2004/109/EC)
   possible)         (DTR5.1)        (DTR5.2.1)       (DTR5.1)     (DTR5.2.1)
   Ordinary
   Shares 10p
   each         2,365,000                          26.21%          

   GB0002090453
                                                                   
                                                                   
   SUBTOTAL 8.              2,365,000                        26.21%
   A
    

    
   B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive
   2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
                                             Number of voting
   Type of                 Exercise/         rights that may be
   financial    Expiration Conversion        acquired if the      % of voting
   instrument   datex      Periodxi          instrument is        rights

                                             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                 Exercise/    Physical or     Number of
   financial  Expiration   Conversion   cash            voting    % of voting
   instrument datex        Period xi                    rights    rights
                                        settlementxii
                                                                   
                                                                   
                                                                   
                                        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        X
   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)
            % of voting rights  % of voting rights through Total of both if it
            if it equals or is   financial instruments if  equals or is higher
   Namexv    higher than the      it equals or is higher   than the notifiable
           notifiable threshold    than the notifiable          threshold
                                        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 informationxvi
    
                                                                      

    

   Place of completion Chelmsford, UK
   Date of completion  24/02/2020

    

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   ISIN:           GB0007392078
   Category Code:  HOL
   TIDM:           RIII
   OAM Categories: 2.3. Major shareholding notifications
   Sequence No.:   48445
   EQS News ID:    982233


    
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