CLS Holdings PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Sep 4, 2023

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CLS Holdings PLC

04 September 2023

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii:			CLS Holdings plc LEI: 213800A357TKB2TD9U78
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify) iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv
Name			Creative Value Investment Group Limited, trading as: 1. Creative Value Investment I Limited 2. Creative Value Investment II Limited 3. Creative Value Investment III Limited 4. Creative Value Investment IV Limited 5. Creative Value Investment V Limited 6. Creative Value Investment VI Limited 7. Creative Value Investment VII Limited 8. Creative Value Investment VIII Limited
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			St. Peter Port, Guernsey
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v
Name			Security Services Nominee Limited as nominee for Creative Value Investment VI Limited
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			London, UK
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi:			1 September 2023
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			4 September 2023
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer (8.A + 8.B) vii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	55.186678	0.000000		55.186678	219,317,524
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	54.180161	0.000000		54.180161

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rights ix					% of voting rights
Direct (DTR5.1)		Indirect  (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (DTR5.1)		Indirect (DTR5.2.1)
Ordinary Shares GB00BF044593 held by Creative Value Investment I Limited		31,544,136					7.937423
Ordinary Shares GB00BF044593 held by Creative Value Investment II Limited		29,838,374					7.508204
Ordinary Shares GB00BF044593 held by Creative Value Investment III Limited		33,336,606					8.388461
Ordinary Shares GB00BF044593 held by Creative Value Investment IV Limited		24,375,000					6.133460
Ordinary Shares GB00BF044593 held by Creative Value Investment V Limited		23,285,019					5.859189
Ordinary Shares GB00BF044593 held by Creative Value Investment VI Limited		3,528,389		6,000,000			0.887845		1.509775
Ordinary Shares GB00BF044593 held by Creative Value Investment VII Limited		33,285,000					8.375476
Ordinary Shares GB00BF044593 held by Creative Value Investment VIII Limited		34,125,000					8.586844
SUBTOTAL 8. A		219,317,524					55.186678
B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date x	Exercise/ Conversion Period xi			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date x		Exercise/ Conversion Period xi		Physical or cash Settlement xii			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

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 xiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which 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) xiv				X
Name xv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
The Trustees of the Sten and Karin Mortstedt Family & Charity Trust	Creative Value Investment Group Limited	55.186678	55.186678%
The Trustees of the Sten and Karin Mortstedt Family & Charity Trust	Creative Value Investment I Limited	7.937423	7.937423%
The Trustees of the Sten and Karin Mortstedt Family & Charity Trust	Creative Value Investment II Limited	7.508204	7.508204%
The Trustees of the Sten and Karin Mortstedt Family & Charity Trust	Creative Value Investment III Limited	8.388461	8.388461%
The Trustees of the Sten and Karin Mortstedt Family & Charity Trust	Creative Value Investment IV Limited	6.133460	6.133460%
The Trustees of the Sten and Karin Mortstedt Family & Charity Trust	Creative Value Investment V Limited	5.859189	5.859189%
The Trustees of the Sten and Karin Mortstedt Family & Charity Trust	Creative Value Investment VI Limited	2.397620	2.397620%
The Trustees of the Sten and Karin Mortstedt Family & Charity Trust	Creative Value Investment VII Limited	8.375476	8.375476%
The Trustees of the Sten and Karin Mortstedt Family & Charity Trust	Creative Value Investment VIII Limited	8.586844	8.586844%
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional information xvi

Place of completion	London, UK
Date of completion	4 September 2023

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