Big Yellow Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Feb 26, 2016

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RNS Number : 2820Q

Big Yellow Group PLC

26 February 2016

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												Big Yellow Group PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights																	X
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										Cohen & Steers, Inc. ("CSI")
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv										Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. ("CSCM") Cohen & Steers UK Limited ("CSUK")
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v										February 24, 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:										February 25, 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii										Above  5%
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
GB0002869419	7,861,811					7,861,811							7,907,382			5.024%
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
Nill
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
Nill															Nominal		Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights											Percentage of voting rights
7,907,382											5.024%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
CSUK is the controlled undertaking of CSI and holds 909,651 voting rights.  This is an indirect holding of less than 3%, and less than the 5% reportable threshold for investment managers. CSCM is the controlled undertaking of CSI and holds 6,997,731 voting rights.  This is an indirect holding of more than 3%, but less than the 5% reportable threshold for investment managers.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:													N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:													N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:													N/A
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:											Stephen Lavine
15. Contact telephone number:											001 212-822-1687

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