TIDMMRW

RNS Number : 8311L

Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets PLC

30 April 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying               Wm Morrison Supermarkets 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                                           x 
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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                                                                         .. 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                          BlackRock, Inc. 
  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                         28 April, 2015 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                           29 April, 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed            Voting rights attached to shares holding 
  or                                                        has gone above 5% 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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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          rights                     (x) 
                 Shares            Voting               shares 
                                   Rights 
-------------  ----------------  --------------------  ---------  -------------------------  --------------------------- 
                                                        Direct     Direct       Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
                                                                    (xi)         (xii) 
-------------          --------  ------  -----  -----  ---------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 GB0006043169   116,743,774       116,743,774           N/A        N/A          117,012,010   N/A           5.01% 
               ----------------  --------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 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) 
-----------------  ------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------------------------  ------------------------- 
 CFD                                                               1,325,412                    Nominal       Delta 
-----------------  ------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
                                                                                                0.05%         0.05% 
-------------          --------  ------  -----  -----  ------     ---  ------  ------------    ------------  ----------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                        Percentage of voting rights 
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 118,337,422                                                    5.06% 
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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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 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:               BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting 
                                            Team 
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 14. Contact name:                         Gareth Slade 
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 15. Contact telephone number:             020 7743 2536 
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