RNS Number : 8005J

CLS Holdings PLC

17 June 2014

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

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:	Bank of Montreal
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See Box 9 below
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	13/06/2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	16/06/2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0001592475 GBP 0.25	2,167,248	2,167,248	2,124,509	-	2,124,509	-	4.91%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
2,124,509	4.91%

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

F&C Management Limited:
Client	No. of voting rights	% of total voting rights	Registration name
No underlying client holds >3%

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	F&C Management Limited, Part of BMO Financial Group
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:	Based on Total Voting Rights 43,287,824
14 Contact name:	Vik Sharma, F&C Management Limited Part of BMO Financial Group
15. Contact telephone name:	0131 718 1094

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

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	CLS Holdings plc
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	86 Bondway London SW8 1SF
Phone number & email	Tel: +44 (0)20 7582 7766 Fax: +44 (0)20 7820 7728 Email: enquiries@clsholdings.com
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Vik Sharma F&C Management Limited part of BMO Financial Group
Contact address	80 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3BU
Phone number & email	0131 718 1094 Vikas.Sharma@fandc.com
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

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