SSP Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

May 29, 2015

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RNS Number : 7030O

SSP Group PLC

29 May 2015

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			SSP 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		Marathon Asset Management LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		See attached breakdown
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		28 May 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		29 May 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5%

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
	18,111,942			14,911,010			33,844,121				28,119,834				5.92
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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
28,119,834								5.92

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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:	Marathon Asset Management LLP
14. Contact name:	James Bennett
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 (0)207 7497 2211

Breakdown of Holdings

Custodian	Nominal
Bank of New York Mellon	5,898,779
BNP Paribas Securities Services	254,630
Brown Brothers Harriman	358,652
JP Morgan Chase	1,569,574
MEHF	463,457
Northern Trust	15,319,356
Royal Bank of Canada	59,238
State Street Bank & Trust Company, Boston	9,920,435
Total	33,844,121

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