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ENTERTAINMENT ONE | Notification Of Major Interests In Shares | RNS

RNS Regulatory News

RNS Number : 9890N

Entertainment One Ltd

04 October 2012

Date:	4 October 2012
On behalf of:	Entertainment One Ltd. ('the Company', or 'the Group')
For immediate release

Entertainment One Ltd.

Notification of Major Interests in Shares (Multiple)

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

Entertainment One Limited

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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

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

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

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

Prudential plc group of companies

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

See attached schedule

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

01 October 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

03 October 2012

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

Above 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14%

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

CA29382B1022

Below 5%

38,656,768

14.32%

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

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}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

38,656,768

14.31%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
Prudential plc (parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	James Todd / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 3266


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		Entertainment One Limited
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	M&G Investment Funds 3
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	State Street Noms Ltd A/C GMIQ State Street Noms Ltd A/C GMIR
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	01 October 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	03 October 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	See item 13

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

CA29382B1022

Below 5%

37,990,101

14.06%

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

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}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

37,990,101

14.06%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi


Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:				N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:				N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:				N/A

13. Additional information:		With reference to item 3, M&G Investments Funds 3 is an Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential group company and must be separately disclosed (see TR1 form disclosed above). This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment Management Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) and will have been previously attributed to Prudential plc solely on the basis that M&G Investment Management Ltd has direct fund management control over the shares identified in this notification. Therefore the 14.06% holding being disclosed in this notification is encompassed in the 14.31% already disclosed under The Prudential plc group of companies and is NOT in addition to it.
14. Contact name:		James Todd / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:		020 7548 3261 / 020 7548 3266

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			Entertainment One Ltd
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights					x
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	Marwyn Investment Management LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	Marwyn Value Investors LP Benjamin Shaw Mark Watts
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	01 October 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	02 October 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	Below 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35,34,33,32,31,30%

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

CA29382B1022

75,427,894

27.93%

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

Warrants

29-03-2014

4,000,000

1.48%

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}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

79,427,894

29.41%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
Marwyn Value Investors LP holds 79,424,894 voting rights Benjamin Shaw holds 2,000 voting rights. Mark Watts holds 1,000 voting rights.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Antoinette Vanderpuije
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 004 2743

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	Marwyn Investment Management LLP
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	11 Buckingham Street London WC2N 6DF
Phone number & email	02070042743 av@marwyn.com
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Antoinette Vanderpuije
Contact address	11 Buckingham Street London WC2N 6DF
Phone number & email	02070042743 av@marwyn.com
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Compliance Officer

C: Additional information

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.


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		Entertainment One Ltd
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	See Schedule A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	1 October 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	2 October 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	Above 3, 4, 5%

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

Common Shares

(ISIN: CA29382B1022)

7,456,282

14,456,282

5.35%

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

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}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

14,456,282

5.3534%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
See Schedule A

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:
15. Contact telephone number:

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	333 South Hope Street, 55^th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone number & email	(213) 615-0469 GRGroup@capgroup.com
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Christopher Aquino
Contact address	333 South Hope Street, 55^th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone number & email	(213) 615-0469
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Fax: (213) 615-4056

C: Additional information
Due to a company reorganization, Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII") and Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") will no longer report relevant holdings separately. With effect from 1 September 2012, the holdings under management will be reported in aggregate by the group's parent company, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

Enquiries:

Redleaf Polhill

Emma Kane

Rebecca Sanders-Hewett

+44(0)207 566 6720

Entertainment One Ltd.

Giles Willits

+44(0)207 566 6720

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