Pets at Home Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 28, 2014

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RNS Number : 4239D

Pets At Home Group Plc

28 March 2014

For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
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				Pets at Home 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		Bank of America Corporation
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		Merrill Lynch International
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		25th March 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		27th March 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Above 12%

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
GB00BJ62K685	27,090,000			27,090,000			30,034,403		30,034,403		0	6.007%			0
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
Call Option			11/04/2014		Until 11/04/2014					30,000,000				6.000%
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													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
60,034,403								12.007%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Merrill Lynch International  -  60,034,403   -   12.007%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
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:	The call option included in section 8B of the form is part of the arrangements for stabilisation in relation to the initial public offering.
14. Contact name:	Szabina Biro
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 996 5648

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