TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
Bytes Technology Group plc
(Incorporated in the England & Wales)
(Registered number: 12935776)
LEI: 213800LA4DZLFBAC9O33
Share code: BYI
ISIN: GB00BMH18Q19
("Bytes Technology Group plc" or “the Company”)
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word
format if possible)
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares Bytes Technology Group Plc
to which voting rights are attached:
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):
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
City and country of registered office (if applicable) Los Angeles, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
Name
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 29/10/2021
6. Date on which issuer notified: 01/11/2021
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
% of voting rights % of voting rights Total of both in % Total number of
attached to through financial (8.A + 8.B) voting rights of
shares instruments issuer
(total of 8.A) (total of 8.B.1 + 8.B.2)
Resulting situation on the 5.14% 0.00% 5.14% 239,482,333
date on which threshold
was crossed or reached
Position of previous N.A. N.A. N.A.
notification (if applicable)
8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Number of voting rights % of voting rights
shares ISIN Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
code (if (DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1) (DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1)
possible)
GB00BMH18Q19 12,298,081 5.14%
Common Stock
SUBTOTAL 8.A 12,298,081 5.14%
B 1: Financial Instruments DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
Type of Expiration date Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting
financial Conversion that may be acquired if the rights
instrument Period instrument is
exercised/converted
N/A
SUBTOTAL
8.B.1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)
Type of Expiration date Exercise/ Physical or Number of % of voting
financial Conversion cash voting rights rights
instrument Period settlement
N/A
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) issuer
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are X
effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional
rows as necessary)
Name % of voting rights if % of voting rights Total of both if it
it equals or is higher through financial equals or is higher
than the notifiable instruments if it than the notifiable
threshold equals or is higher threshold
than the notifiable
threshold
Capital Research and Management 5.14% 5.14%
Company
SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. (a mutual 5.14% 5.14%
fund managed by Capital Research and
Management Company)
Total 5.14% 5.14%
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 information:
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (“CGC”) is the parent company of Capital Research and Management
Company (“CRMC”) and Capital Bank & Trust Company (“CB&T”). CRMC is a U.S. -based investment
management company that serves as investment manager to the American Funds family of mutual funds, other
pooled investment vehicles, as well as individual and institutional clients. CRMC and its investment manager
affiliates manage equity assets f or various investment companies through three divisions, Capital Research
Global Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors. CRMC is the parent company of
Capital Group International, Inc. (“CGII”), which in turn is the parent company of five investment management
companies (“CGII management companies”): Capital International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital
International Sàrl, Capital International K.K, and Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. CGII management
companies and CB&T primarily serve as investment managers to institutional and high net worth clients. CB&T is
a U.S.-based investment management company that is a registered investment adviser and an affiliated federally
chartered bank.
Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of your company f or its own account. Rather, the shares reported
on this Notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the
investment management companies described above.
Place of completion Los Angeles
Date of completion 01/11/2021
2 November 2021
The Company has a primary listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and a secondary listing
on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
Date: 02-11-2021 11:00:00
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