LENTA INTERNATIONAL PJSC TIDMLNTR TIDMLNTA
RNS Number : 8556K
Lenta Ltd
18 December 2018
Lenta Ltd., December 18, 2018
By way of voluntary compliance with Disclosure and Transparency
Rule 5.8.12 R (1), Lenta Ltd. hereby discloses the following
information provided to it on Form TR-1 (Notification of major
interest in shares).
Identity of the issuer or the underlying Lenta Ltd.
issuer of existing shares to which voting
rights are attached
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Reason for notification Acquisition of voting
rights
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Full name of persons subject to the Luna, Inc.
notification obligation
(of George Town, Cayman
Islands)
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Full name of shareholders
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Date of the transaction and date on December 17, 2018
which the threshold is crossed or reached
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Date on which issuer notified December 18, 2018
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Thresholds crossed Exceeding the 34% threshold
in respect of all voting
rights
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Total positions of person subject to the notification (percentage
of voting rights)
Resulting situation on the date on which
threshold was crossed or reached 34.13%
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Position of previous notification 34.00%
(see 'additional information'
below)
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Notified details - Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type Resulting situation on the date on which the threshold
of shares was crossed or reached
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No. of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
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Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
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GDRs 166,383,595 - 34.13% -
US52634T1016 GDRs
(for 144A representing
GDRs) and 33,276,719
US52634T2006 shares
(for Regulation
S GDRs)
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Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and the financial instruments are effectively held
All of the GDRs specified to be held directly in the above 'Voting
rights attached to shares' section of this announcement are
held by Luna, Inc., which is an investment vehicle beneficially
owned by the TPG group and incorporated in the Cayman Islands.
Additional Information
A) Luna, Inc. has submitted the information contained in this
announcement in recognition of Lenta Ltd.'s voluntary compliance
with FCA Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5 as if it were a
UK issuer subject to such Rule.
B) The last TR-1 submitted with respect to the holdings of Luna,
Inc. was dated 27 October 2015. The position as at that date
(as indicated in this announcement) was that Luna, Inc. held
a total of 34.00% of the voting rights in Lenta Ltd. However,
immediately prior to the acquisition of voting rights described
in this form, Luna, Inc. held a total of 33.94% of the voting
rights in Lenta Ltd. (which difference Luna, Inc. understands
to be attributable to the issuance of new shares by Lenta Ltd
in connection with the Lenta management incentive programme).
C) According to public disclosures of Lenta Ltd., a total of
1,176,597 GDRs representing 235,320 shares have to date been
purchased under its buyback programme announced on 29 October
2018 under which such GDRs are held by Lenta LLC (a subsidiary
of Lenta Ltd.). Upon acquisition of the GDRs by Lenta LLC, their
underlying shares cannot be voted under the articles of association.
Contact name Adam Fliss
Officer of Luna, Inc.
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Contact telephone number +1 415 743 1500
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