17th Jan 2011 14:41
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: |
Laird plc |
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | |
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:
| Aviva plc & its subsidiaries |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
| Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union NomineesLimited 2,342,462 * Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 16,715,389 * Chase Nominees Limited 503,200 * CUIM Nominee Limited 262,984 * Vidacos Nominees Limited 13,850 * * denotes direct interest BNP Paribas – London 201,477 Chase Nominees Limited 1,244,135 State Street Nominees Limited 380,771 Vidacos Nominees Limited 81,835
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
| 14 January 2011 |
6. Date on which issuer notified:
| 17 January 2011 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| 8% to 7% Change at Direct Interest Level |
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 | |||
Ordinary Shares | 24,214,700 | 24,214,700 | 21,746,103 | 19,837,885 | 1,908,218 | 7.45% | 0.72% |
GB00B1VNST91 | |||||||
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 |
21,746,103 | 8.17% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: Aviva plc (Parent Company) Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
| See Section 4 |
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:
| Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 266,302,206, as per the Company's Total Voting Rights Announcement of 16 November 2009
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14. Contact name:
| Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc |
15. Contact telephone number:
| 01603 684420 |
Related Shares:
Laird