ITV PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2017

Mar 29, 2017

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RNS Number : 8915A

ITV PLC

29 March 2017

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											ITV 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																	x
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									LIBERTY GLOBAL INCORPORATED LIMITED
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v									28th March 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:									28th March 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii									N/A
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 of 10 pence each ISIN:  GB0033986497	398,515,510			398,515,510
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
RIGHT TO RECALL LOANED SHARES (subject to certain costs)			N/A		N/A						398,515,510					9.9%
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
398,515,510										9.9%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
N/A
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:										This notification is being made solely because, pursuant to a pre-existing loan linked to a hedging transaction, Liberty Global Incorporation Limited has loaned out 398,515,510 ordinary shares, but at the same time it has acquired an interest in an equal number of ordinary shares under that transaction as a result of the right to recall (subject to certain costs) granted to it in respect of 398,515,510 ordinary shares. Notification made by reference to the total voting rights figure of 4,025,409,194 (announced on 21 March 2017 in the issuer's notice of annual general meeting).
14. Contact name:										Jeremy Evans
15. Contact telephone number:										020 8483 6300

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