RICARDO PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Feb 27, 2017

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RNS Number : 9291X

Ricardo PLC

27 February 2017

For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
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: ii				Ricardo plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					√
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: iii		Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		Registered Holder: Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited         179,116* CUIM Nominee Limited                              111,450* HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                                      1,434,678* State Street Nominees Limited                      416,248* Available Upon Request                                  12,025*             * denotes direct interest    BNP Pairbas - London                                    80,574 Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited            134,612 Chase Nominees Limited                                373,132 Vidacos Nominees Limited                             157,910
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		23 February 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		24 February 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		3% to 4% Change at Direct Interest Level

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction				Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares		Number of Voting Rights		Number of shares	Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct	Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct		Indirect
Ordinary Shares GB0007370074	2,688,570		2,688,570		2,899,745	2,153,517		746,228	4.05%		1.40%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv			Number 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 instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number 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
2,899,745	5.45%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited & Friends Provident International Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·      Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) ·      Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited) Friends Provident International Limited: ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·      Friends Provident International Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	See Section 4
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:	Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 53,163,423 as per the Company's Total Voting Rights Announcement of 31 October 2016.
14. Contact name:	Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01603 684420

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