1st Jun 2006 07:02
Applied Optical Technologies PLC01 June 2006 Applied Optical Technologies plc (the "Company") Holding in Company Pursuant to rule 17 of the AIM Rules, the Company has been notified of thefollowing notice of reduction in notifiable interest in the Company's Ordinary5p shares ("Shares"). Schedule Five (a) the identity of the significant shareholder concerned; Newton Investment Management Limited and its subsidiaries (b) the date on which the disclosure was made to it; 31 May 2006 (c) the date on which the deal or relevant change to the holding was effected; 24 May 2006 (d) the price, amount and class of the AIM securities concerned; 5,202,623 Ordinary 5p shares (e) the nature of the transaction; Sale of Ordinary Shares affecting notifiable interest (f) the nature and extent of the significant shareholder's interest in thetransaction; Following the sale of the above Shares, the holding of the significantshareholder now represents 9.75% of the Company's issued share capital. (g) where a deal takes place when it is in any close period under rule 21, thedate upon which any previous binding commitment was notified or the date uponwhich the Exchange granted permission to deal in order to mitigate severepersonal hardship; and N/A (h) where the notification concerns a related financial product, the detailednature of the exposure. N/A This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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