TIDMCLI

RNS Number : 7112W

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                                                                        Sten Mortstedt 
  to the                                                                              (indirect holder of voting rights) 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                     Creative Value Investments I Limited 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                                      Creative Value Investments II Limited 
                                                                                 Creative Value Investments 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   21,369,429       21,369,429       Nil                        Nil                        0% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Expiration     Exercise/                        Number of voting          % of voting 
  instrument          date (xiii)    Conversion Period                rights that may           rights 
                                     (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 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                             Percentage of voting rights 
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 0                                                   0% 
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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 before the transaction 
   were each directly held and beneficially by Sten Mortstedt, 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 
                                                                       Creative Value Investment Group Limited 
                                                                       ("CVIG") in consideration for the 
                                                                       issue of shares in CVIG to Sten Mortstedt. 
                                                                       Immediately following that transaction, 
                                                                       Sten Mortstedt settled his entire 

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                                                                       shareholding in CVIG into The Sten 
                                                                       and Karin Mortstedt Family & Charity 
                                                                       Trust. The beneficial interest of 
                                                                       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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