Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 0544A

Numis Corporation PLC

01 October 2009

 



NUMIS CORPORATION PLC ('Numis')

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: ii				Numis Corporation Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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):	Increase in issued share capital				x
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		BlackRock UK Emerging Companies Hedge Fund
4. Full name of shareholder(s)   (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		29th September 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:		30th September 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Holding has gone below 3%

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

GB00B05M6465

-

-

-

-

-

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

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

CFD

N/A

N/A

N/A

3,253,597

Nominal

Delta

2.93%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

3,253,597

2.93%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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:	Blackrock Compliance Disclosures Team
14. Contact name:	Kai Chew
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7743 2602; [e-mail]

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name  (including legal form of legal entities)	BlackRock UK Emerging Companies Hedge Fund
Contact address  (registered office for legal entities)	33 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AS
Phone number & email	020 7743 2602; [e-mail]
Other useful information  (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Kai Chew
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	BlackRock, Inc
Contact address	33 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AS
Phone number & email	020 7743 2602; [e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Kai Chew
C: Additional information
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

The total number of Numis ordinary shares of 5p each in issue is 111,132,079 with each ordinary share carrying the right to one vote.  There are no shares held in treasury.

The total number of voting rights in Numis is 111,132,079.  

1 October 2009  

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Contacts

Numis Corporation:        

Oliver Hemsley, Chief Executive                020 7260 1256
Simon Denyer, Company Secretary          020 7260 1225

Brunswick:

Gill Ackers                                                   020 7396 5382

Carole Cable                                               020 7396 7458

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Nominated Adviser):

Simon Boadle                                             020 7583 5000    

Jon Raggett                                                020 7583 5000       

 

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