MCCOLL'S RETAIL GROUP PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Sep 22, 2016

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RNS Number : 5616K

McColl's Retail Group plc

22 September 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii	McColl's Retail Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		YES
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	Aberforth Partners LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): iv	Shareholder                                                   Shares 1.Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc       7,207,555 2.Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund         1,228,270 3.Aberforth Geared Income Trust plc             2,628,700 4.The National Trust for Places of Historic    Interest or Natural Beauty                                   541,089           Shares are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	20/09/2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21/09/2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	10%

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 GB00BJ3VW957	10,809,425	10,809,425	11,605,614	N/A	11,605,614	N/A	10.08%

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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nominal	Delta
N/A	N/A

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
10,809,425	10.08%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Held by Aberforth Partners LLP

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:	Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners LLP
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 220 0733

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