TIDMCLI

RNS Number : 7099W

CLS Holdings PLC

28 April 2016

 
 
 
 
                                    TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                                            CLS Holdings plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                        X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                                               Creative Value Investment Group Limited 
  to the                                                                                                        ("CVIG") 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                      Creative Value Investment I Limited 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                                       Creative Value Investment II Limited 
                                                                                   Creative Value Investment III Limited 
                                                                                                  (together, the "CVIs") 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                                                       28 April 2016 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                                         28 April 2016 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                                                                           Above 50% 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type       Situation previous              Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of               to the triggering               transaction 
  shares           transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN CODE 
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                  Number          Number          Number         Number of voting        % of voting rights 
                  of               of              of shares      rights                  (x) 
                  Shares           Voting 
                                   Rights 
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                                                  Direct         Direct     Indirect     Direct    Indirect 
                                                                 (xi)        (xii) 
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   GB0001592475   Nil             Nil             Nil                       21,369,429             50.70% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration     Exercise/                      Number of voting       % of voting 
  financial          date (xiii)    Conversion Period              rights that may        rights 
  instrument                        (xiv)                          be 
                                                                   acquired if the 
                                                                   instrument is 
                                                                   exercised/ 
                                                                   converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of           Exercise       Expiration     Exercise/       Number of voting        % of voting rights 
  financial         price         date (xvii)    Conversion       rights instrument       (xix, xx) 
  instrument                                     period           refers to 
                                                 (xviii) 
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                                                                                         Nominal   Delta 
----------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  ----------------------  --------  --------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                           Percentage of voting rights 
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 21,369,429                                        50.70% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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   The following undertakings, which immediately following the transaction 
   were each directly held and beneficially owned by CVIG, directly hold 
   the following number of shares in the issuer: 
 
   Creative Value Investment I Limited: 8,153,810 (19.34%) 
   Creative Value Investment II Limited: 6,094,828 (14.46%) 
   Creative Value Investment III Limited: 7,120,791 (16.89%) 
 
   Total: 50.70% 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information:                                          Sten Mortstedt has transferred all 
                                                                       of his shareholdings in the CVIs to 
                                                                       CVIG in consideration for the issue 
                                                                       of shares in CVIG to Sten Mortstedt. 
                                                                       Immediately following that transaction, 
                                                                       Sten Mortstedt settled his entire 
                                                                       shareholding in CVIG into The Sten 
                                                                       and Karin Mortstedt Family & Charity 
                                                                       Trust. The beneficial interest of 

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                                                                       Sten Mortstedt in the issuer remains 
                                                                       unchanged as a result of these transactions. 
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 14. Contact name:                                                     Peter Zonabend 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                         +41 81 252 55 47 
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