Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2640E

Matchtech Group PLC

16 December 2009

 



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:

Matchtech Group 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
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Pension Services Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	B.S. Pension Fund Trustee Limited (BS)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	19 August 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	04 December 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

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
Ordinary GB00B1FMDQ43	1,337,500	5.76%	1,087,500	1,087,500	Nil	4.67%	Nil

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/  Conversion  Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise  price	Expiration  date	Exercise/ Conversion  period	Number of voting  rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
1,087,500	4.67%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	Following an announcement on 14 December 2009, Pension Services Ltd. has clarified to the issuer that the need for a notification of major interests in shares was as a result of a disposal of voting rights, moving below 5% on 19 August 2009, not as a result of an acquisition of voting rights, moving above 3% on 04 December 2009. As disclosed on 14 December 2009 Pension Services Ltd. has notified the issuer that as at 06 October 2009 it has a direct interest in 987,500 voting rights of the issuer, equivalent to 4.24% of voting rights.
14. Contact name:	Tony Dyer, Chief Financial Officer, Matchtech Group plc
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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