TIDMRMG

RNS Number : 9619S

Royal Mail PLC

13 November 2013

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                Royal Mail plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please                                                                      ü 
  specify):             Transfer following UBS Limited's exercise of the 
                        over-allotment option (as described in the the 
                        Royal Mail plc prospectus dated 27 September 2013 
                        (the "Prospectus")) in connection with the initial 
                        public offering of Royal Mail plc ordinary shares 
                        (the "Ordinary Shares"). 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                     Postal Services Holding Company plc 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                      11 November 2013 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                        13 November 2013 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                                   30% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                     Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                      transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                Number            Number               Number          Number of voting           % of voting rights 
                 of                of                   of shares       rights                     (x) 
                 Shares            Voting 
                                   Rights 
-------------  ----------------  -------------------  --------------  -------------------------  ---------------------------- 
                                                       Direct          Direct          Indirect   Direct          Indirect 
                                                                        (xi)            (xii) 
-------------    ----  --------  ------  -----  ----  --------------  --------------  ---------  --------------  ------------ 
 Ordinary 
 Shares         299,840,000       299,840,000          299,840,000     299,840,000                29.9% 
               ----------------  -------------------  --------------  --------------  ---------  --------------  ------------ 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial      Expiration        Exercise/                         Number of voting                 % of voting 
  instrument             date (xiii)       Conversion Period                 rights that may                  rights 
                                           (xiv)                             be 
                                                                             acquired if the 
                                                                             instrument is 
                                                                             exercised/ converted. 
---------------------  ----------------  --------------------------------  -------------------------------  ----------------- 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise        Expiration     Exercise/             Number of voting                % of voting rights 
 financial         price           date (xvii)    Conversion            rights instrument               (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                       period                refers to 
                                                  (xviii) 
---------------  --------------  -------------  --------------------  ------------------------------  ----------------------- 
                                                                                                       Nominal       Delta 
---------------  --------------  -------------  --------------------  ------------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                             Percentage of voting rights 
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 299,840,000                                                         29.9% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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                   Postal Services Holding Company plc is wholly owned by the Secretary 
                                          of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information:              From Admission to 11 November, the 
                                           total number of Royal Mail plc voting 
                                           rights held by Postal Services Holding 
                                           Company plc was 378,100,870 (37.8%), 
                                           comprising (a) 299,840,000 Ordinary 
                                           Shares held directly and (b) 78,260,870 
                                           Ordinary Shares loaned to UBS Limited 
                                           under the provisions of the Stock Lending 
                                           Agreement (as described in the Prospectus) 
                                           and returned to Postal Services Holding 
                                           Company on 11 November in accordance 
                                           with the Stock Lending Agreement's 
                                           terms. 
 
                                           The change in the total number of voting 
                                           rights held by Postal Services Holding 
                                           Company plc, as notified in this Form 
                                           TR-1, results from UBS Limited exercising 
                                           the over-allotment option (as described 
                                           in the Prospectus) in full in respect 
                                           of 78,260,870 Ordinary Shares on 8 
                                           November 2013, and Postal Services 
                                           Holding Company plc transferring such 
                                           number of Ordinary Shares to UBS Limited 
                                           on 11 November 2013 in accordance with 
                                           the terms of the over-allotment option 
                                           (as described in the Prospectus). 
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 14. Contact name:                                                         Andrew Poole 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                           020 7 449 8129 
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