Gear4music : Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7744P

Gear4music (Holdings) PLC

14 October 2019

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer andto the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)I

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of

Gear4music Holdings Plc

existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights								X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
Name				AXA Investment Managers
City and country of registered office (if applicable)						Paris, France
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
Name
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or			10th October 2019
reachedvi:
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):				11th October 2019
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights		% of voting rights through financial			Total
			Total of both in %	number of
	attached to shares			instruments
					(8.A + 8.B)	voting rights
	(total of 8. A)			(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)

	(total of 8. A)	(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		of issuervii
Resulting situation on				20,945,328
the date on which	11.41%	N/A	11.41%
threshold was
crossed or reached
Position of previous
notification (if	10.41%	N/A	10.41%
applicable)

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of	Number of voting rightsix
shares		%of voting rights
ISIN code (if
Direct		Indirect	Direct	Indirect
possible)	(Art 9 of Directive		(Art 10 of Directive	(Art 9 of Directive	(Art 10 of Directive
	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
GB00BW9PJQ87			2,390,037		11.41%

SUBTOTAL 8. A

2,390,037

11.41%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

Type of financial

Expiration Exercise/

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the

instrument

datex

Conversion Periodxi

instrument is exercised/converted.

%of voting rights

SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

Type of	Expiration	Exercise/	Physical or cash	Number of
financial	settlementxii	%of voting rights
datex	Conversion Period xi	voting rights
instrument

SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii

Fullchain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add	X
additional rows as necessary)
		% of voting rights if it	% of voting rights
		through financial
Namexv		equals or is higher	Total of both if it equals or is higher
	instruments if it equals
		than the notifiable	or is higher than the	than the notifiable threshold
		threshold
		notifiable threshold
AXA Investment Managers		11.41%	0%	11.41%

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional informationxvi

Place of completion	Paris, France
Date of completion	11th October 2019

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