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Holding(s) in Company

20th Feb 2009 16:41

RNS Number : 6873N
SVG Capital PLC
20 February 2009
 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

 

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

SVG Capital Plc 

2. Reason for the notification 

(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

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: ( )

Other (please specify) ( )

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

Schroders plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) :

 

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

19 February 2009 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

  20 February 2009 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

From 16% to 15%

(Note: the holding represents 11.14% of voting rights based on the actual issued share capital, post-placing, of GBP 209,069,901 - see additional information below)

8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights 

Ordinary Shares

GB0007892358

23,830,975

22,412,117

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE

Number of shares 

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares

23,300,415

7,113,449

14,791,382

5.12 

(3.40% of voting rights based on actual issued share capital post-placing - see additional information below)

10.64 

(7.07% of voting rights based on actual issued share 

capital post-placing - see additional information below)

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date 

Exercise/conversion period/date

No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted)

% of voting rights

N/A

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

21,904,831

15.76

(Note: the holding represents 10.47% of voting rights based on the actual issued share capital, post-placing, of GBP 209,069,901 - see additional information below)

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

 

 The voting rights are managed and controlled by Schroders plc, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:-

Schroder Investment Management Limited 11,182,353  8.04% (5.35% of voting rights based on actual issued share capital post-placing - see additional information below) 

Schroder & Co Limited 3,219,583 2.32% (1.54% of voting rights based on actual issued share capital post-placing - see additional information below)

Schroders (CI) Limited 389,446 0.28% (0.19% of voting rights based on actual issued share capital post-placing - see additional information below)

10. Contact name:

John Spedding

11. Contact telephone number:

0207 658 3206

12. Additional Information:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements.

As required by DTR 5.8.8, the percentage voting rights figure of 15.76% used in this announcement was calculated using the number of voting rights in existence at 30 June 2008, being the date of SVG Capital plc's most recent disclosure made in accordance with DTR 5.6.1 (139,069,901 ordinary shares). As a result of SVG Capital plc's placing, which was first announced on 18 December 2008 and completed on 10 February 2009, the actual number of issued voting ordinary shares in the capital of SVG Capital plc as at the date of this announcement is 209,069,901, in relation to which Schroders plc holds 10.47% of the voting rights. 

20 February 2009

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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