27th May 2009 08:55
Standard Form TR-1 Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached : UTV Media plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
[ x ] an acquisition or disposal of voting rights
[ ] an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
[ ] an event changing the breakdown of voting rights
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. and its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
22 May 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified; 26 May 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 3%
8. Notified details:
A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering
shares (if to the Triggering transaction possible using transaction the ISIN CODE) Number of Number of Number of Number of voting % of voting Shares Voting shares rights rights rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Ordinary 2,887,295 2,887,295 2,875,722 2,875,722 3.00% shares of GBP 5p each Sedols: B244WQ1 B28LTZ6 B2RKHC7 Ordinary shares of EUR 3.39c each Sedol: B28J563 Ordinary shares of GBP 0.05 (Nil PD) B2RKH50 B39V1F6 SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights) B) Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting financial Date Conversion rights that may rights instrument Period/ Date be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates) Total (A+B) number of voting % of voting rights rights 2,875,722 3.00%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE
10. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].
11. Additional information:
Done at Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c., Bankcentre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 on 26 May 2009
Annex to the standard form TR-1
a) Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation:
Full name (including legal form Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c and its subsidiaries
for legal entities)
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Contact address (registered Bankcentre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, office for legal entities)
Ireland......................................................................
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Phone number 01 - 6600311 Other useful information (at ……………………………………………. least legal representative for legal persons)
b) Identity of the notifier, if applicable:
Full name David O'Callaghan Contact address Assistant Secretary, Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c., Bankcentre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Phone number 01 - 6414672 Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) c) Additional informationNotes to Form TR-1
This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed with the competent authority.
Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.
This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the natural person orlegal entity acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the casesprovided for in Article 10 (b) to (h) of Directive 2004/109/EC; (c) all theparties to the agreement referred to in Article 10 (a) of that Directive, or(d) the holder of financial instruments entitled to acquire shares alreadyissued to which voting rights are attached, as appropriate.In relation to the transactions referred to in points (b) to (h) of Article 10of that Directive, the following list is provided as indication of the personswho should be mentioned:- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (b) of Article 10 of that Directive,the natural person or legal entity that acquires the voting rights and isentitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legalentity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting rights;- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (c) of Article 10 of that Directive,the natural person or legal entity holding the collateral, provided the personor entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention of exercisingthem, and natural person or legal entity lodging the collateral under theseconditions;- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (d) of Article 10 of that Directive,the natural person or legal entity who has a life interest in shares if thatperson or entity is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to theshares and the natural person or legal entity who is disposing of the votingrights when the life interest is created;- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (e) of Article 10 of that Directive,the controlling natural person or legal entity and, provided it has anotification duty at an individual level under Article 9, under letters (a) to(d) of Article 10 of that Directive or under a combination of any of thosesituations, the controlled undertaking;- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (f) of Article 10 of that Directive,the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attachedto the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of theshares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at hisdiscretion;
- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (g) of Article 10 of that Directive, the natural person or legal entity that controls the voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (h) of Article 10 of that Directive,the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, andthe shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latterto exercise the voting rights at his discretion.Applicable in the cases provided for in Article 10 (b) to (h) of Directive 2004/109/EC. This should be the full name of the shareholder who is thecounterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in Article 10 ofthat Directive unless the holdings of the shareholder would be lower than 5% ofthe total number of voting rights.The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on exchangetransaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the case of anoff exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which theacquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect.For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect. [DEL::DEL]Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification. In casethe situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please state"below 3%".
If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below 3%.
For the case provided for in Article 10(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC, there should be no disclosure of individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into, introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.
To be used in Member States where applicable.
Direct and indirect.
To be used in Member States where applicable.
In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached "direct holding" and voting rights "indirect holding", please split the voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns - if there is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.
Voting rights attached to shares held by the notifying party (Article 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC).
Voting rights held by the notifying party independently of any holding of shares (Article 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC).
If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below 3%.
Date of maturity/expiration of the financial instrument i.e. the date when right to acquire shares ends.
If the financial instrument has such a period - please specify this period - for example once every 3 months starting from [date].
The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakingsthrough which the voting rights are held. The notification should also includethe amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlledundertaking, [DEL:i:DEL]nsofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds3% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking isintended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.
This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.
Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the shareholder orthe natural person/legal entity referred to in Articles 10 and 13 of Directive2004/109/EC
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