Hostelworld Group PLC Holding(s) in Company (2066M)
26 April 2018 - 9:42AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMHSW
RNS Number : 2066M
Hostelworld Group PLC
26 April 2018
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)
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1a. Identity of the issuer Hostelworld Group PLC
or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached(ii)
:
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1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer
(please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
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Non-UK issuer
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2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate
box or boxes with an "X")
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify)(iii) :
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3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv)
Name The Capital Group Companies,
Inc. ("CGC")
City and country of registered Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA
office (if applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v)
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Name
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City and country of registered
office (if applicable)
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5. Date on which the threshold 07/02/2018
was crossed or reached(vi) (see also box 11 Additional
: information)
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6. Date on which issuer notified 25/04/2018
(DD/MM/YYYY):
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7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation
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% of voting % of voting Total of Total number
rights attached rights through both in % of voting
to shares financial (8.A + 8.B) rights of
(total of instruments issuer(vii)
8. A) (total of
8.B 1 + 8.B
2)
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Resulting
situation
on the date
on which
threshold
was crossed
or reached 13.246% 0.000% 13.246% 95,570,778
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Position 14.2762% 0.000% 14.2762%
of previous
notification
(if
applicable) (see also (see also
box 11 Additional box 11 Additional
information) information)
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8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the
date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii)
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type Number of voting rights(ix) % of voting rights
of
shares
ISIN code
(if possible)
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Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(Art 9 of (Art 10 of (Art 9 of (Art 10 of
Directive Directive Directive Directive
2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC)
(DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1) (DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1)
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Ordinary
GB00BYYN4225 12,658,962 13.246%
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SUBTOTAL
8. A 12,658,962 13.246%
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B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a)
of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
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Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date(x) Conversion rights that rights
Period(xi) may be acquired
if the instrument
is
exercised/converted.
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SUBTOTAL 8.
B 1
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B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect
according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC
(DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
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Type of Expiration Exercise/ Physical Number % of voting
financial date(x) Conversion or cash of voting rights
instrument Period settlement(xii) rights
(xi)
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SUBTOTAL
8.B.2
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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 X
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)
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Name(xv) % of voting % of voting Total of both
rights if it rights through if it equals
equals or is financial instruments or is higher
higher than if it equals than the notifiable
the notifiable or is higher threshold
threshold than the notifiable
threshold
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The Capital
Group Companies,
Inc.
Holdings by
CG Management
companies are
set out below: 13.246% 0.000% 13.246%
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-- Capital Research
and Management
Company(1) 13.246% 0.000% 13.246%
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SMALLCAP World
Fund ("SCWF")(2) 8.00% 0.000% 8.00%
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(1) Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
(2) Mutual fund managed by Capital Research and Management
Company.
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10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
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Name of the proxy holder
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The number and % of voting
rights held
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The date until which the
voting rights will be held
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11. Additional information(xvi)
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Please note that since 25/04/2017 the following thresholds
have been crossed by CGC, all relating to indirect holdings
of voting rights attaching to shares:
* On 25/04/2017 CGC crossed above a threshold of 10%,
11% and 12% with a resulting holding of 12,319,255
shares representing 12.8901% of total voting rights.
A TR-1 notification was submitted on behalf of CGC on
26/04/2017.
* On 27/04/2017 CGC crossed above a threshold of 13%
and 14% with a resulting holding of 13,795,662 shares
representing 14.435% of total voting rights. No TR-1
notification was submitted on behalf of CGC at that
time.
* On 18/10/2017 CGC crossed above a threshold of 15%
with a resulting holding of 14,635,962 shares
representing 15.314% of total voting rights. A TR-1
notification was submitted on behalf of CGC on
19/10/2017.
* On 06/02/2018 CGC crossed below a threshold of 15%
with a resulting holding of 13,643,962 shares
representing 14.2762% of total voting rights. A TR-1
notification was submitted on behalf of CGC on
07/02/2018.
* On 07/02/2018 CGC crossed below a threshold of 14%
with a resulting holding of 12,658,962 shares
representing 13.246% of total voting rights. The
present TR-1 notification is being submitted on
behalf of CGC in relation to such crossing.
CGC is the parent company of Capital Research and Management
Company ("CRMC"). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management
company that manages the American Funds family of mutual
funds. CRMC manages equity assets for various investment
companies through three divisions, Capital Research
Global Investors, Capital International Investors and
Capital World Investors. CRMC in turn is the parent
company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"),
which in turn is the parent company of five investment
management companies ("CGII management companies"):
Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International,
Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International
Sàrl and Capital International K.K. The CGII management
companies primarily serve as investment managers to
institutional clients.
Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of
Hostelworld Group PLC for its own account. Rather, the
shares reported on this Notification are owned by accounts
under the discretionary investment management of one
or more of the investment management companies described
above.
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Place of completion Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Date of completion 25/04/2018
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