24th Mar 2011 14:40
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: |
DEVRO PLC |
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes | |
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:
| Artemis Investment Management LLP |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
| Witan Investment Trust L&G (Barclays) Series2 MM Alpha Fund L&G (Barclays) MM Alpha Fund Barclays UK Alpha BAE Systems Pension Funds CIF Trustees Limited BAE Systems 2000 Pension Plan Trustees Limited Artemis UK Hedge Akzo Nobel Pension Scheme Artemis Institutional UK Growth Artemis Institutional Special Situations Artemis UK Special Situations Fund Artemis UK Smaller Companies Fund Artemis UK Growth Fund |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
| 22 March 2011 |
6. Date on which issuer notified:
| 23 March 2011 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| 11% |
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 | |||
GB0002670437 | 17,963,143 | 17,963,143 | 18,209,504 | 18,209,504 | 11.13% | ||
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 |
18,209,504 | 11.13% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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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:
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14. Contact name:
| Neil Buckley |
15. Contact telephone number:
| 0131 718 0411 |
Related Shares:
DVO.L