Pennon Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2017

Jun 22, 2017

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RNS Number : 9158I

Pennon Group PLC

22 June 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			Pennon 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		Lazard Asset Management LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		Bank of NY INC - Dir Personal Bank of NY INC. - Global Custody CIBC-Mellon Canadian office Citibank NA Hong Kong - ETC JP Morgan Chase - SWIFT Mellon Trust NOMURA Northern Trust Co. State Street Bank - Australia Ltd State Street Bank - Custodian - ETC State Street Master - Master Tr - ETC State Street Master - Custody Master Trust Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		21 June 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		22 June 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Increase from 9% to 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
GB00B18V8630				41,338,001							41,822,082				10.043%
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
41,822,082								10.043%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this issuer.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Legal & Compliance Department
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 448 2085

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