9 Sep 2010 16:37
For immediate release | 9 September 2010 |
JOHNSTON PRESS PLC
TR-1: Notification of major interests in shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
| Johnston Press 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.
|
| |||
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: | 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:
| 7 September 2010 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 9 September 2010 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| Holding has gone below 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 | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||
GB0004769682 | 24,664,463 | 24,664,463 | n/a | n/a | 24,242,780 | n/a | 3.79% | |||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
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 |
|
|
|
7,357,646 | Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||
1.15% | 1.15% | |||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
31,600,426
| 4.94% | |||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi | ||
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 31,600,426 (4.94%) | ||
| ||
Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | N/A | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | N/A | |
| ||
13. Additional information: | BlackRock Threshold Reporting Team | |
14. Contact name: | Stuart Watchorn | |
15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7743 5741; stuart.watchorn@blackrock.com | |