Harwood Wealth Management : s) in Company

RNS Number : 6903F

Harwood Wealth Management Group PLC

19 May 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:			Harwood Wealth Management Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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):	This notification is being submitted following the transfer of client accounts managed on a discretionary basis by Henderson Group Plc to the Lombard Odier Investment Managers group on 1st April 2017. The FCA's consent of change in control was granted on the 18th May 2017.			X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		Disclosure on behalf of accounts managed on a discretionary basis by Lombard Odier Investment Managers group.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		18/05/2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		19/05/2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		above 5% and 10%

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

GB00BYYWB172

7,268,254

11.62%

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

7,268,254

11.62%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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:	Kiran Bassi
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

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