Holding(s) in Company

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Stagecoach Group Plc

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: 		Stagecoach Group plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
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: 		Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): 		BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Limited
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited
Nortrust Nominees LTD
Roy Nominees
State Street Nominees Limited
The Bank Of New York (Nominees) Limited
Vidacos Nominees Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: 		6th April 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified: 10th April 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: 		Above the threshold of 15%



8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
shares

if possible use
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
 

GB00B6YTLS95 		80,476,386 80,476,386 665,944 665,944 85,077,810 0.116%  

14.831%

 
 
 

 
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 		No. of voting rights instrument refers to

  		Percentage of
voting rights

 
 

Equity Swap 		       

 

387,756

  		Nominal Delta
0.068%  
 
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
86,131,510 15.015%



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (15.015%)

 

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited,  which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
 
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: 		The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 9.
Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies.
14. Contact name: Mark Powney, Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd.
15. Contact telephone number: +44 (0) 1793 363 135