Sports Direct International Plc Notification of Major Holdings (9879Z)
December 20 2017 - 11:36AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMSPD
RNS Number : 9879Z
Sports Direct International Plc
20 December 2017
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)
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1a. Identity of the issuer Sports Direct International
or the underlying issuer Plc
of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached(i)
:
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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):
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3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name FIL Limited
City and country of registered Pembroke, Bermuda
office (if applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
See Section 9
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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 19 December 2017
was crossed or reached:
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6. Date on which issuer notified 20/12/2017
(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
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 4.80% 0.21% 5.01% 542,251,538
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Position Below 5% Below 5% Below 5%
of previous
notification
(if
applicable)
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8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the
date on which the threshold was crossed or reached
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type Number of voting rights % 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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GB00B1QH8P22 26,053,247 4.80%
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SUBTOTAL
8. A 26,053,247 4.80%
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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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Contract
for Difference 1,115,690 0.21%
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SUBTOTAL
8.B.2 1,115,690 0.21%
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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
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 (please add additional rows as necessary)
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Name % of voting % of voting Total of both
rights if rights through if it equals
it equals financial instruments or is higher
or is higher if it equals than the notifiable
than the or is higher threshold
notifiable than the notifiable
threshold threshold
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FIL Limited
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FIL Holdings (Luxembourg)
SA
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FIL Gestion
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FIL Limited
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FIL Holdings (UK)
Limited
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FIL Investment
Advisors (UK)
Limited
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FIL Limited
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FIL Holdings (UK)
Limited
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FIL Investments
International
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FIL Limited
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FIL Limited
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FIL Limited
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FIL Holdings (UK)
Limited
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FIL Pensions Management
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10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
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Name of the proxy holder N/A
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The number and % of voting N/A
rights held
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The date until which the N/A
voting rights will be held
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11. Additional information
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N/A
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Place of completion Dublin
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Date of completion 20 December 2017
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