REG - Xaar PLC - NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES <Origin Href="QuoteRef">XAR.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 8489BXaar PLC06 April 2017
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:iiXAAR PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
X
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):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iiiT. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):ivBank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A.
JP Morgan Chase
Northern Trust Co.
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v04 April 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:
06 April 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
Class/type of
shares
if possible using
the ISIN CODESituation previous
to the triggering
transactionResulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
SharesNumber
of
Voting
RightsNumber
of sharesNumber of voting
rights% of voting rights x
Direct
Direct xi
Indirect xii
Direct
Indirect
GB0001570810
3,822,007
3,822,007
4,177,435
4,177,435
5.37%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrumentExpiration
date xiiiExercise/
Conversion Period xivNumber of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.% of voting
rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrumentExercise price
Expiration date xvii
Exercise/
Conversion period xviiiNumber of voting rights instrument refers to
% of voting rights xix, xx
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
4,177,435
5.37%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxiT. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (TRPA) serves as investment adviser, with dispositive and voting authority, to various institutional clients that own shares of Xaar Plc, including the T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund, Inc., which owns 3,424,617 shares. Such shares are registered in the following name(s):
Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. - 215,907
JP Morgan Chase - 3,921,369
Northern Trust Co. - 40,159
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:
Gary Greb, Vice President
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
15. Contact telephone number:
001 410 345 2527
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