WATKIN JONES PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2017

Mar 27, 2017

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RNS Number : 6340A

Watkin Jones plc

27 March 2017

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:			Watkin Jones PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				S
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				S
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights				¨
Other (please specify):				¨
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		24 March, 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		27 March, 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Total holding for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited has gone above 5% Total holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone above 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
Direct		Direct		Indirect	Direct			Indirect
GB00BD6RF223	Below 5%			Below 5%			N/A		N/A		12,606,825	N/A			4.93%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period					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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion period			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights
CFD									644,877				Nominal			Delta
0.25%			0.25%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
13,251,702								5.19%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
See Annex 1
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:	BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
14. Contact name:	Marc-Oliver Lesch
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7743 3650

Annex 1

Name	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
BlackRock, Inc.
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
BlackRock Group Limited
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	4.93%	0.25%	5.19%

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