16th Aug 2012 17:08
Please find attached a TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares' in regards to Norges Bank.
This is due to an increase in the shareholding held by Norges Bank in the total voting rights of Imagination Technologies Group plc.
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: | Imagination Technologies Group Plc GB0009303123 |
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:
| Norges Bank |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
| N/A |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
| 14th August 2012 |
6. Date on which issuer notified:
| 15th August 2012 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| 4% |
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 | |||
GB0009303123 | 10,547,065 | 10,547,065 | 10,583,464 | 10,583,484 | 4.01% | ||
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 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
| ||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights
| |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nominal | Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
| |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
10,583,464 | 4.01% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
N/A |
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
| Norges Bank |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
| N/A |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
| N/A |
13. Additional information:
| None |
14. Contact name:
| Jones Lexmark |
15. Contact telephone number:
| +47 2407 3134 |
Related Shares:
Imagination Technologies Group