Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 0740P

Fisher (James) & Sons plc

03 June 2015

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:ii
James Fisher & Sons plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
ü
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:iii
Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v
01.06.15
6. Date on which issuer notified:
02.06.15
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:vi, vii
From 11% - 10%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
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 rightsx
Direct
Directxi
Indirectxii
Direct
Indirect
Ordinary
6,778,838
5,533,585
6,340,693
N/A
5,505,693
N/A
10.954%
GB0003395000
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Expiration
datexiii
Exercise/
Conversion Periodxiv
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 Instrumentsxv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Exercise price
Expiration datexvii
Exercise/
Conversion periodxviii
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
% of voting rightsxix, xx
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
5,505,693
10.954%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi
Schroder Investment Management Limited 5,342,173 10.628%
Schroder Investment Management North America Limited 153,110 0.305%
Schroder & Co. Limited 10,410 0.021%
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:
The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 50,264,133.
14. Contact name:
Chloe Talbot
15. Contact telephone number:
+44 207 658 6000

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