Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2525D

Acal PLC

27 January 2015

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

Acal PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		YES
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):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	Aberforth Partners LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): iv	Shareholder                                              Shares 1.     Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc               3,888,440 2.     Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund                         614,634 3.     Aberforth Geared Income Trust plc                      1,733,400 All shares are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberforth
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	22/01/2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23/01/2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	10%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights x
			Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary GB0000055888	3,285,907	3,285,907	6,236,474	N/A	6,236,474	N/A	9.89

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
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 financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
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
6,236,474	9.89

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Held by Aberforth Partners LLP

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
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:
14. Contact name:	Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners  LLP
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 220 0733

ABERFORTH PARTNERS

14 Melville Street                                                                                                                      Telephone [phone]

Edinburgh EH3 7NS                                                                                                                     Facsimile 0131-220 0735

www.aberforth..co.uk                                                                                                                                                 [e-mail] 

The Company Secretary                                                                        By post and fax - 01483 544550

Acal PLC

Acal House

2 Chancellor Court

Occam Road

Guildford

GU2 7AH

23 January 2015

Dear Sir,

DISCLOSURE RULES AND TRANSPARENCY RULES SOURCEBOOK

Disclosure of Interest in the Voting Rights of Shares

Please find attached Form TR-1 which discloses Aberforth Partners LLP's interest in 6,236,474 of the voting shares of Acal PLC as required under the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules Sourcebook of the FCA Handbook.

In addition, Aberforth Partners LLP is interested in a further 710,700 shares although we do not have access to the voting rights of these shares. Aberforth Partners LLP is, therefore, interested in a total of 6,947,174 shares of the above company. This interest arises as a result of the discretionary investment management powers that we can exercise over the funds of our clients. Aberforth Partners LLP is not the beneficial owner of these shares.

If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact me directly.

Yours faithfully,

Pauline Robson

For Aberforth Partners LLP

Partners: A.P. Bamford, E.R. Macdonald, K.F. Muir, R.M.J. Newbery, W.A. Waitc, AJ. Wliyte

                 Aberforth Partners LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales No. OC313353

            Registered Office: Royal London House - 22-25 Finsbury Square - London EC2A 1DX (not mailing address)

                        Aberforth Partners LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority

 

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