RICARDO PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Oct 16, 2014

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RNS Number : 5235U

Ricardo PLC

16 October 2014

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				Ricardo 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):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Delta Lloyd N.V. and its group companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		Registered Holder: Delta Lloyd L European Participation Fund Sicav 1,188,783 Delta Lloyd Europees Deelnemingen Fonds N.V. 2,414,933
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		15 October 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		16 October 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		7% to 6% Change at Combined Indirect Interest Level

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	3,707,605			3,707,605		3,603,716		NIHIL		3,603,716	NIHIL			6.89%
GB0007370074
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
52,279,953							6.89%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The voting rights held in the 2 investment funds are managed and controlled by Delta Lloyd Asset Management N.V., with the following chain of controlled undertakings: Delta Lloyd Asset Management N.V.: ·      Delta Lloyd N.V. ·      DLAM Holding B.V. ·      Delta Lloyd Asset Management N.V. (wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Lloyd N.V.)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		See section 4
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:	Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 52,279,953 (on 16h October 2014)
14. Contact name:	L.A. Haarman / Delta Lloyd Asset Management
15. Contact telephone number:	+31 (0)20 594 2415

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