THE GYM GROUP PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2017

Apr 18, 2017

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RNS Number : 6465C

The Gym Group plc

18 April 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

THE GYM 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

13th April 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

18th April 2017

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or

reached: vi, vii

Below 8%

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

GB00BZBX0P70

10,350,390

8.072%

0

0

9,811,231

0

7.651%

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

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

9,811,231

7.651%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Merrill Lynch International   -   Above trading book exemption threshold

	Voting Rights	%
Merrill Lynch International	9,811,231	7.651%
Total	9,811,231	7.651%

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:

14. Contact name:

Harshini Gopa

15. Contact telephone number:

0207 996 3410

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