11th Jan 2012 16:16
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: | Laird 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): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
| Aviva plc & its subsidiaries |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
| Registered Holder:BNY (Nominees) Limited 139,153* BNY Norwich Union NomineesLimited 1,917,573* Chase (GA Group) NomineesLimited 10,595,215* Chase Nominees Limited 398,035* Vidacos Nominees Limited 113,887* *denotes direct interest Chase Nominees Limited 337,068 Vidacos Nominees Limited 85,955 |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
| 10 January 2012 |
6. Date on which issuer notified:
| 11 January 2012 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| 5% to 4% Change at Direct Interest Level |
8. Notified details: | |||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | |||
Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
Ordinary Shares | 15,718,616 | 15,718,616 | 13,586,886 | 13,163,863 | 423,023 | 4.94% | 0.16% |
GB00B1VNST91 | |||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/ConversionPeriod | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.
| % of votingrights |
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights
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Nominal | Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
13,586,886 | 5.10% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: ·; Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·; Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·; Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group HoldingsLimited) ·; Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva InvestorsHoldings Limited)
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
| See Section 4 |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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13. Additional information:
| Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 266,302,206, as per the Company's Total Voting Rights Announcement of 16 November 2009. |
14. Contact name:
| Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc |
15. Contact telephone number:
| 01603 684420 |
Related Shares:
AvivaLaird