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RNS Number : 4632U

Morgan Sindall Group PLC

18 January 2017

 
 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 
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 1: Identity of the issuer          Morgan Sindall Group plc 
  or the underlying issuer of 
  existing shares to which voting 
  rights are attached: 
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 2: Reason for notification (yes/no) 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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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     Modification to the number of        Yes 
  specify):         voting rights managed on behalf 
                    of our clients 
----------------  -----------------------------------  ---- 
 
 
 
 3. Full name of person(s)           Standard Life Investments 
  subject to the notification         (Holdings) Limited (Parent 
  obligation:                         Company) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.): 
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 5. Date of the transaction                  16/01/2017 
  (and date on which the threshold 
  is crossed or reached): 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:           17/01/2017 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are           Standard Life Investments 
  crossed or reached:                    (Holdings) Limited - 5% 
                                       Standard Life Investments 
                                                    Limited - 5% 
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  8: Notified Details 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type of share If possible        GB0008085614 
  use ISIN code 
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 Situation previous to the triggering transaction 
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 Number of shares                       Number of voting rights 
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 2,679,262                              2,679,262 
 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Number of shares         Number of voting rights     Percentage of 
                                                       voting rights 
-----------------------  --------------------------  ------------------ 
                          Direct        Indirect      Direct   Indirect 
-----------------------  ------------  ------------  -------  --------- 
 2,048,608                              2,048,608              Below 5% 
-----------------------  ------------  ------------  -------  --------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Expiration date   Exercise/ conversion   No. of voting           Percentage of voting 
  instrument                            period/date            rights that may         rights 
                                                               be acquired 
                                                               (if the instrument 
                                                               exercised/converted) 
------------------  ----------------  ---------------------  ----------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of       Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/     Number        % of voting 
  financial     price      date         Conversion    of voting     rights 
  instrument                            period        rights 
                                                      instrument 
                                                      refers 
                                                      to 
------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ---------------- 
 N/A                                                               Nominal   Delta 
------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  ------------  --------  ------ 
 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting 
                            rights 
------------------------  --------------------- 
 2,048,608                 Below 5% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
------------------------------------------------------------ 
 Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited - Below 
  5% 
  Standard Life Investments Limited - Below 5% 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:        N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights          N/A 
  proxy holder will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder       N/A 
  will cease to hold voting rights: 
-----------------------------------  ---- 
 
 
 13. Additional information: 
                                  Based on total voting rights 
                                  of 44,708,236 
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 14. Contact name:              Clare Sheridan, Company Secretary 
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 15. Contact telephone 
  number:                       020 7307 9200 
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