MENZIES(JOHN) PLC - Holding(s) in Company

PR Newswire
London, May 17

For filings with the FCA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

John Menzies plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

No

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

Lakestreet Capital Partners AG Eugen Viehof Michael Viehof Klaus Viehof Bernd Viehof Dr. Hans-Rudolf Kurth Philipp Overdiek Paul-Oliver Kemper Igal Scheinberg Dr. Rüger Holding GmbH & Co. KG Max Aengevelt Jürgen Pierburg Xavier Knauf Valentin Pierburg First Names Trust Company (Isle of Man) Limited (as Trustee of The Mank Trust) Tim T. Müller

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv

Lynchwood Nominees Limited HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) LTD Interactive Brokers LLC Vidacos Nominees Limited Euroclear Nominees Limited State Street Nominees Limited Securities Services Nominees Limited Forest Nominees Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

13 May 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

17 May 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii

8%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, 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 rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

4,813,936

4,813,936

5,250,983

5,250,983

N/A

8.556%

N/A

GB0005790059

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

5,250,983

8.556%