Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 8133L

Futura Medical PLC

16 January 2009

 



For Immediate Release

16 January 2009

Futura Medical plc

('Futura' or 'the Group' or 'the Company')

Notification of major interest in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached	Futura Medical PLC
2. Reason for the notification
Other (please specify):   This notification is to reset the Allianz Group's reportable holdings to zero, following the sale of Dresdner Bank AG to the Commerzbank Group.  A further notification will be submitted shortly, if appropriate, by the Allianz Group and/or Commerzbank Group, following a recalculation of the groups' interests.		YES
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Allianz SE
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different)	12 January 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	13 January 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	7%
8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0033278473	4,028,835	4,028,835					0

13. Additional information:	This notification is to reset the Allianz Group's reportable holdings to zero, following the sale of Dresdner Bank AG to the Commerzbank Group.  A further notification will be submitted shortly, if appropriate, by the Allianz Group and/or Commerzbank Group, following a recalculation of the groups' interests.
14. Contact name:	Dresdner Kleinwort Media Relations Team
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7623 8000

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Allianz SE
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	Koniginastrasse 28  80802 Munich  Germany
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B:     Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Dresdner Kleinwort Group Limited
Contact address	30 Gresham Street London EC2V 7PG
Phone number	020 7623 8000
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Subsidiary

For further information: 

Futura Medical plc
James Barder, Chief Executive	Tel: [phone]
mail to: [e-mail]	www.futuramedical.co.uk
Canaccord Adams
Ryan Gaffney / Adria Da Breo Richards	Tel: [phone]
For media enquiries please contact:
Buchanan Communications
Mark Court / Rebecca Skye Dietrich / Stasa Filiplic	Tel: [phone]

 

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