18th Jun 2009 17:10
Dear Sir\Madam
Yours faithfully
Anthony Llewellyn
Company Secretary
For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex |
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: |
Imagination Technologies Group plc |
2. Reason for notification (yes/no) |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
YES |
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify):______________ |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: |
1. Awal Bank B.S.C ("Awal") 2. Awal Trust Company Ltd ("ATCL", as parent undertaking of Awal) 3. Maan Abdulwahed Al-Sanea ("MAS" , as parent undertaking of Awal and ATCL) |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): |
Vidacos Nominees Limited |
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): |
June 17th , 2009 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: |
June 18th, 2009 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |
1. Awal (each level from 12% down to 3% incl.) 2. ATCL (each level from 20% down to 8%) 3. MAS (each level from 20% down 8%) |
8: Notified Details |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code |
Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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Direct |
Indirect |
Direct |
Indirect |
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ISIN GB009303123
Awal |
29,236,362 |
12.8% |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
0% |
B: Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ conversion period/date |
No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted) |
Percentage of voting rights |
na |
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Total (A+B) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
17,413,999 |
7.625% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
MAS is subject to a notification obligation pursuant to DTR 5.2.1 (e) as the "parent undertaking" of Awal, the entity which no longer holds any Imagination Technologies plc shares, and as "parent undertaking" of ATCL.
Awal is indirectly owned by ATCL as trustee of the Saad STAR Trust. ATCL is therefore subject to a notification obligation pursuant to DTR 5.2.1(e) as a "parent undertaking" of Awal.
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of 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: |
Christopher C. Hart |
15. Contact telephone number: |
+41 22 715 0303 |
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.
Related Shares:
Imagination Technologies Group