10th Nov 2014 08:45
10 November 2014
Smart Metering Systems plc
("SMS" or "the Company")
Notification of Major Interest in Shares
Smart Metering Systems plc (AIM: SMS.L), the integrated metering services company that connects, owns, operates and maintains current generation and new advanced metering assets and databases, announces as follows:
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi | |||||
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii | SMART METERING SYSTEMS PLC | ||||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | |||||
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 | Yes | ||||
Other (please specify): | |||||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii | SFM UK Management LLP | ||||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | Quantum Partners LP | ||||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v | 6th November 2014 | ||||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 7th November 2014 | ||||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | Below 3% | ||||
8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | ||||||||||||||||
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 x | ||||||||||||
Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
GB00B4X1RC86 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Below 3% | N/A | |||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate xiii | Exercise/Conversion Period xiv | 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 xv, xvi | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/Conversion period xviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to
| % of voting rights xix, xx
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N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||
N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
N/A | Below 3% | |||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | ||
This statement relates to common shares held for the account of Quantum Partners LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership ("Quantum Partners"). SFM UK Management LLP, a sub-advisor to Soros Fund Management LLC, serves as investment manager to Quantum Partners and has been granted investment discretion over portfolio investments, including the common shares, held for the account of Quantum Partners. | ||
Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | N/A | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | N/A | |
13. Additional information: | N/A | |
14. Contact name: | Jade Cornell Compliance Officer | |
15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7758 4826 | |
About Smart Metering Systems
Established in 1995, Smart Metering Systems plc, based in Glasgow, connects, owns, operates and maintains metering systems and databases on behalf of major energy companies.
Currently the Company is concentrating its efforts on offering its unique integrated services to the UK industrial and commercial gas market in which its customers have an 80% market share.
The Company has further applications for gas with its ADM™ device which allows "smart" functions such as remote reading and half-hourly consumption data to be offered to customers in addition to the normal metering services.
SMS expanded its services into the electricity market through the acquisition of Utility Partnership Limited in April 2014. The Company can now provide a fully integrated service from beginning to end to cover the installation of a gas/electricity supply/connection to the procurement, installation and management of a gas or electricity meter asset to the collection and management of customer data and ongoing energy management services. Longer term the Company also has additional applications for water and LPG.
The Company was admitted to the AIM market in July 2011 and is now part of the FTSE AIM 50 index. For more information on SMS please visit the Company's website: www.sms-plc.com.
Related Shares:
SMS.L