Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2856B

Epistem Holdings plc

23 October 2009

 

For immediate release

23 October 2009

Epistem Holdings Plc

("Epistem" or "the Company")

TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:					Epistem Holdings Plc
2. Reason for the notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights								Yes
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 the notification obligation:					Gartmore Investment Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):					250,000 shares - HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK LTD 200,000 shares - Nortrust Nominees Limited 50,000 shares - Gartmore Growth Opportunities
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:					12 October 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:					22 October 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:					5%, 6%
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 Direct	Number of voting rights			% of voting rights
				Direct		Indirect	Direct		Indirect
GB00B1VKB244	N/A	N/A	500,000			500,000			6.93%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	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	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
500,000	6.93%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
N/A
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:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Restrictions and Disclosures Unit
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]
16. Contact at Epistem	Matthew Walls [phone]

 

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