Coats Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Jul 4, 2016

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RNS Number : 1928D

Coats Group PLC

04 July 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				COATS GROUP 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):	FIL Investment Services (UK) Limited delegated investment management services to FIL Investments International on 1 July 2016 and the chain of controlled undertakings through which voting rights are held is updated to reflect this delegation.				ü
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		01 July 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		04 July 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		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
Indirect		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
GB00B4YZN328	140,761,228				140,761,228			140,761,228				140,761,228				9.99%
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
140,761,228									9.99%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Controlled Undertaking	Percentage Holding
FIL INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL	9.99
Grand Total	9.99

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire/ cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire/ cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

Threshold crossing by a controlled undertaking

14. Contact name:

Sally-Ann Hatton

15. Contact telephone number:

fil-regreporting@fil.com, 01737 837148

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