Volution Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 30, 2016

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RNS Number : 0704T

Volution Group plc

30 December 2016

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				Volution Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached					No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments					No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights					No
Other (please specify):					No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		First Pacific Advisors, LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		FPA Funds Trust - FPA International Value Fund Generosity Limited FPA Global Opportunity Fund (a series of FPA Hawkeye Fund, LLC) Kinsale Navigator Fund
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		# 28 December 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		# 29 December 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		# Below 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
GB00BN3ZZ526 Common Stock	10,351,093			10,351,093			Below 5%				Below 5%
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
Below 5%								Below  5%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
First Pacific Advisors, LLC ("FPA") is an investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  FPA provides investment management services on a discretionary basis to the accounts listed below.  The number and percentage of Common Stock shares in the issuer held by each such account is as follows: FPA Funds Trust - FPA International Value Fund: 3,647,541 Common Stock shares (1.82%) Generosity Limited: 1,408,030 Common Stock shares (0.70%) FPA Global Opportunity Fund: 3,243,912 Common Stock shares (1.62%) Kinsale Navigator Fund: 550,170 Common Stock shares (0.28%)
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:	# Marie McAvenia
15. Contact telephone number:	# 310-996-5432

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