Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8391J

Future PLC

09 December 2008

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

FUTURE PLC - GB0007239980

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	FIL LIMITED (FIL)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	SEE SCHEDULE BELOW
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	8 DECEMBER 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	9 DECEMBER 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	12%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0007239980	38,355,132	38,355,132			39,677,762		12.13

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
39,677,762	12.13

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

SEE SCHEDULE BELOW

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	FIL LIMITED (FIL)
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	1,322,630
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	8 DECEMBER 2008

13. Additional information:	NONE
14 Contact name:	MARK MILLAR CO SECRETARY FUTURE PLC
15. Contact telephone number:	01225 822764

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. 

Schedule

 

 

FIL

 

Issuer name:                                         FUTURE PLC

 

Current ownership percentage:             12.13%

 

Total Shares held:                                39,677,762

 

Issued share capital:                             326,899,296

 

 

	Shares held	Nominee	Management Company
FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII), Investment managers to various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.	4,490,780 35,186,982	JP Morgan, Bournemouth JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FII FISL

 

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