29th Nov 2011 14:27
Shaftesbury PLC
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
Shaftesbury PLC announces that on 29 November 2011, it received the Notification of Major Interests in Shares set out below.
Penny Thomas
Company Secretary
Shaftesbury PLC
020 7333 8118
29 November 2011
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: |
Shaftesbury 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 | X | |
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||
Other (please specify): | ||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
| F&C Asset Management Plc |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
| See box 9 below |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
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28 November 2011 |
6. Date on which issuer notified:
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29 November 2011 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
|
5% |
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 | |||
GB0007990962 | 12,363,182 | 12,363,182 | 12,338,182 | 12,338,182 | 4.93% | ||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
| ||||
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
| ||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights
| |
CFD | 121,124 | Nominal | Delta
| |||
0.04% | ||||||
Total (A+B+C)
| |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
12,459,306 | 4.97%
|
|
Proxy Voting:
| |
10. Name of proxy holder:
| F&C Asset Management Plc |
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:
| Based on TVR of 250,498,809 |
14 Contact name:
| Peter J Taylor, F&C Asset Management Plc
|
15. Contact telephone name:
| 0131 718 1147 |
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.
Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in shares |
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation | |
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)
|
Shaftesbury Plc |
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
| Pegasus House37/43 Sackville StreetLondonW1S 3DLUnited Kingdom |
Phone number & email
| |
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
| |
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | |
Full name
| Peter J Taylor, F&C Asset Management Plc |
Contact address
| 80 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3BU |
Phone number & email
| 0131 718 1147 |
Other useful information
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) | |
C: Additional information |
Related Shares:
SHB.L