Lenta : s) in Company

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RNS Number : 3709Q

Lenta Ltd

05 June 2018

Lenta Ltd., June 5, 2018 
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 By way of voluntary compliance with Disclosure 
  and Transparency Rule 5.8.12 R(2), Lenta Ltd. 
  hereby discloses the following information provided 
  to it with respect to a notification of a major 
  interest in shares. 
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 Identity of the issuer or the                                                    Lenta Ltd. (a non-UK 
  underlying issuer of existing                                                          issuer) 
  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                                                       Ruane, Cunniff & 
  to the notification obligation                                                      Goldfarb L.P. 
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 Full name of shareholders 
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 Date of the transaction and                                                          May 29, 2018 
  date on which the threshold 
  is crossed or reached 
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 Date on which issuer notified                                                        June 1, 2018 
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 Thresholds crossed                                                                 Crossing the 5% 
                                                                                  threshold in respect 
                                                                                    of voting rights 
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 Notified details - Voting rights attached to 
  shares 
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    Class/type               Situation                           Resulting situation after 
     of shares              previous to                          the triggering transaction 
                             triggering 
                            transaction 
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                         No.            No.            No.           No. of voting          Percentage 
                       of shares      of voting     of shares            rights              of voting 
                                       rights                                                  rights 
-----------------  ---------------  -----------  --------------  ---------------------  ------------------ 
                                                                   Direct     Indirect   Direct   Indirect 
-----------------  ---------------  -----------  --------------  ----------  ---------  -------  --------- 
                      23,673,640                   24,506,690 
                         GDRs                          GDRs 
    Regulation       representing                  representing 
      S GDRs           4,734,728                    4,901,338 
  (US52634T2006)        Shares       4,734,728        Shares      4,901,338              5.03% 
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 Chain of controlled undertakings through which 
  the voting rights and the financial instruments 
  are effectively held 
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                               All of the GDRs specified to be held directly 
                              in the above 'Voting rights attached to shares' 
                              section of this announcement are held by Ruane, 
                            Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P., which is an SEC-registered 
                               investment adviser operating in New York City, 
                                         United States of America. 
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 Additional Information 
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 Contact name                                                                        Wendy Goodrich 
                                                                                     Chief Operating 
                                                                                    Officer of Ruane, 
                                                                                   Cunniff & Goldfarb 
                                                                                          L.P. 
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 Contact telephone number                                                          + 1 (212) 832 5280 
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